Brother Bill, You asked folks to put themselves out there with a response and yet offered nothing on your end. What's up with that ? :-) Put yourself out there, brother. It's all good! Nothing at stake except Ego :-)
Metta, ryhorikawa --- In [email protected], "Bill Smart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ryhorikawa, Guillermo, Kathy and Pam, > > I enjoyed reading all your responses to the question: What is zen? I > appreciate that you all attempted a serious answer in this very > restrictive text-based medium and I sincerely thank you. > > The reason I asked it is I've been attempting to create a definition > based solely on words and have not settled on anything satisfactory. > I'm not very optimistic that I'll be able to come up with anything > that is helpful without at the same time being misleading. > > The reason I asked the question about the word-forms was not as > frivolous at it may have seemed. It was to try and determine if you > think zen is a 'state' (noun), a 'process' (verb) or some approach to > life (adjective/adverb); or some kind of combination of these. > > You've all answered succintly and very well. Thanks for your insights. > > Gassho...Bill! > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Click here to rescue a little child from a life of poverty. http://us.click.yahoo.com/rAWabB/gYnLAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
