Anthony Wu wrote: Yes, the Satan you worship is your self. The better way is to have others worship you. Either case, you cannot get rid of suffering, which is the objective of Zen.
Anthony, I agree. I also believe the (God, Buddha, Krishna, Ganeesh, Empiricism, Fill-In-The Blank) you worship is your self also. And as you said in any case if you worship (or are even still are attached to) a self you will have suffering. I usually don't talk about zen having an 'objective', but I do believe alleviation of suffering is the objective of Buddhism. And as I've said many times before talking about zen is virtually impossible, so using Buddhist terms is normally okay with me. When the self dissolves so does suffering. Happy New Year everyone! .Bill!
