>On Sunday, December 18 Ian posted: > >And let me just agree with you wholeheartedly here: Zen IS Buddhism.
I just as wholeheartedly disagree with this entire part of your post. Zen is not Buddhism. Most Buddhists in the world have either never heard of zen or consider it an heretical cult. >There is no Zen outside of Buddhism. There is plenty of zen outside of Buddhism. Zen is not exclusively bounded by Buddhism. It's tempting to think of zen as the end product of a progressive evolution of Buddhism from Hinayana to Mahayana to zen. I used to think of it that way and can understand and appreciate that argument. But trying to corral zen within a Buddhist ideology is like stocking cheddar in the dairy section side-by-side with Velveeta. <It would be like saying there is such a thing as cheddar apart from cheese. There is such a thing as Cheddar apart from cheese. Cheddar is a village and a gorge in the county of Somerset in southwest England. 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/
