>On Sunday, December 18, WoofPuppy/SPROCKET posted: > <Interesting take on "Buddha Nature," Bill. It's given <me alot to think about. < <Personally, I've always thought of Buddha Nature (and <the Holy Spirit) as ways to illustrate the <interconnectedness of all things. To put it in <theistic terms, God is everywhere and everything, <therefore one can discover God's true nature in a tiny <bottlecap. < <Like a broken mirror-shard that still reflects the <same image as a whole mirror, a tiny drop of water <holds in it the secrets of the entire Universe. The <macrocosm is in the microcosm, so to speak. < <Am I making sense? > >SPROCKET
You're making perfect sense; but sense (rationality) is a restriction when talking about buddha nature. Buddha nature is not something that can be bound by rationality and therefore resists attempts to characterize or define it. The best we can do is to allude to it in analogies - like poetry; or just not speak about it directly. You did use some good poetic imagery with your bottle cap, mirror pieces and drop of water analogies. Thanks for your posting. Gassho...Bill! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/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/
