Portion of Shurangama Sutra First scroll(translated by BTTS,USA): ¡°Now you wish to investigate the unsurpassed Bodhi and actually discover your nature. You should answer my questions with a straightforward mind, because that is exactly the way the Tathagatas of the ten directions escaped birth and death. Their minds were all straightforward, and since their minds and words were consistently that way, from the beginning, through the intermediate stages to the end, they were never in the least evasive."
outline: J2 He actually destroys the false mind. K1 The Tathagata thoroughly refutes three points of confusion. L1 His refutation that the false consciousness is without a location. M1 He instructs that Ananda should reply to the teaching with a straightforward mind. Few years back since my active participation in thie group. Wondering where the previous moderator username ACTIONMOVIES is. I have not undergone zen practice under any guru, but I believe Great masters of zen speaks with the straightforward mind. Thinking back when I first encounter any koans from any sources, I used my deluded false mind to answer the koans myself. When I get older, those greed, hatred, delusions seems to get control over what I speak. :) --- In [email protected], "spider63" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > from: "czqian3" > The Shurangama sutra is like an encyclopedia.It will also > be the first sutra to dissapear in this world in the dharma ending age > because what it speaks of is too "true".> > > Thank you for your participation. I read somewhere that the reason that > Jesus was crucified was not because he was Messiah but because he was in the > habit of being honest. Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
