ED, Are you kidding? If you are denied of making yourself happier, shouldn't you kill Buddhism and/or zen? Anthony
--- On Mon, 18/10/10, ED <[email protected]> wrote: From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Questions, questions, question To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 18 October, 2010, 10:08 AM --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wu...@...> wrote: > > Ed, > > Zen is illogical, so undefinable. To an individual student, the utterances of his Zen master may appear to be none, one or both of {logical, not-logical} simultaneously. In other words, Zen is beyond logic, or is it? > But we can try to use our finger to point to the Moon. In the final analysis one must just have faith in the reality of 'Buddha mind', yes? > For instance, zen strives to see and realize your own Buddha nature. Is 'Buddha nature' definable? > What the hell is the use of Buddha nature? Don't worry, as long as that makes > you happy. > > Anthony I have good reason to believe that experiencing my Buddha nature would make me a much happier person. But if that were my only motivation, would that not be unacceptable in Buddhism? --ED > Anthony, > > Is 'zen' definable at all? > > If so, what is a defininition of 'zen'. > > --ED
