At 04:32 PM 12/21/2005 -0800, you wrote: >I have to agree with excerpt. Soley from my >persective, I have always felt that the highset ideal >or goal in Zen/Buddhism, or possibly any "religion" is >to achieve the ability to react to every single >moment, second, minute, event, situation(whatever it >may be), not with a blue-sky mind of dull-eyed >non-attachment,
I think what you have in mind by "dull-eyed non-attachment" might also be called "the cow-like mind of indifference" (I just made that expression up.) Actual non-attached awareness is ever so awake, clear, and warm. > but instead with compassion, wisdom, >unconditional love, passion AND intelligence/common >sense. I agree with this, it's just that the ability to be in every moment with those qualities, is just the development of non-attachment = non-grasping awareness. Ian > From my own initial experience during zazen(s), >I could never understand(or misunderstood) why we >needed to eradicate all thought and become like the >proverbial blank tape. If I wanted to do that, I could >just go back to drinking all the time. > >--- Edward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ------------------------ 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/
