On 4/18/2014 2:54 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:
So much for "lighten-mint"
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So much for your insight - the just sitting in "shikentaza" IS
enlightenment, that's the whole point.
Soto Zen Buddhism, shikentaza stresses the principle that every time you
apply strenuous effort, you're that much further from the goal. You've
got to stop your striving - forget all about the metaphysics and the
concepts - all that will get you is a headache. You're only going to get
as much enlightenment, whatever that is, as you are going to get.
You're still mistaking the pointing finger for the moon. When you stop
all your striving and your incessant word games and thinking, you can
see the moon in a dewdrop. My suggestion is for you give up on
understanding the Zen Buddhism - you seem hopelessly lost in speculation.
In Dogen's zen practice, the primary realization is the *oneness* of
practice-enlightenment. The practice of zazen and the experience of
enlightenment are one and the same - there is no difference - no duality.
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