[Zen] Re: why I'm here

2011-08-17 Thread pandabananasock
HA!!! thanks --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Bill! BillSmart@... wrote: Pandabananasock: Parts of your post below reminded me of one of my favorite short stories. I read it many, many years ago and can't give you the title or author but the story line is... There was man named John

[Zen] Form vs Formless Practice

2011-08-17 Thread Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明
Dear All, Diamond Sutra continues to remind us that everything is as is, no matter how we label, analyze, describe, tear it apart, or look under a microscope. It was trying to tell us that This is the practice in form. This practice is connected with our five senses and consciousness,

[Zen] Re: Form vs Formless Practice

2011-08-17 Thread Bill!
JMJM, I don't often comment on your longer posts such as this one, but I don't want you to think I don't read them. I do. Thanks for your continuing participation in the Zen Forum. You are a valuable contributor. ...Bill! --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明

[Zen] Re:Comfort

2011-08-17 Thread Bill!
JMJM, In your post below you reference me and my frequent references to 'illusion'. You state There is no such thing as illusion. I assume you are familar with the Buddhist concept of 'maya'. It comes from a compound Hindu word which I've been told is broken down into 'ma' = 'not' and 'ya' =

Re: [Zen] Re: Form vs Formless Practice

2011-08-17 Thread Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明
My Dear Bill, You are most kind. jm Learn the Basics of Chan Meditation... http://www.chan-meditation.org Chan in everyday life... http://www.chanliving.org To be enlightened in this life... http://www.heartchan.org To save our world... http://www.universal-oneness.org On 8/17/2011 8:31 PM,

Re: [Zen] Re:Comfort

2011-08-17 Thread Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明
Hello Bill, My teacher never used maya. He taught only two sutras, Heart Sutra and Diamond Sutra. There is no concept of maya either. So I don't know about maya. Besides, I have no personal witness on maya either. This is my honest answer. :-) Perhaps there is a Chinese equivalent to