Chris, My responses are embedded below:
[Chris] Those are on my mental list of books I may eventually buy, but I haven't got them yet. Are they worth reading, as books, did you find? [Bill!] I did read them and like Red Pine's easy style of writing and translating. [Chris]Do you find you still read sutras much, or was it a limited phase of your studies? Do you have favorites you reread? [Bill!] I have read most all of the major sutras, and I have copies of most of them on my bookshelf. I don't read them over and over again, like Christians, Jews and Muslims might read the Bible, Torah or Koran. I mainly just use them for references - like when someone posts something referencing or quoting a sutra. Then I can look up the reference or quote and read it in a larger context to better evaluate what was said. .Bill! Thanks, Chris Austin-Lane Sent from a cell phone On Oct 26, 2010, at 19:51, <billsm...@hhs1963.org> wrote: > Chris, > > I haven't read the HEART SUTRA by Red Pine, but I do own and have read two > other books by Red Pine: THE ZEN TEACHING OF BOHIDHARMA and THE COLLECTED > SONGS OF COLD MOUNTAIN. > > I have a book by Edward Conze entitled BUDDHIST WISDDOM that contains the > Diamond and Heart Sutras. > > ...Bill! > > From: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:zen_fo...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf > Of ChrisAustinLane > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 9:17 PM > To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com > Cc: <Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [Zen] Zen and the Brain > > > > > Thanks, > Chris Austin-Lane > Sent from a cell phone > > On Oct 26, 2010, at 3:25, <billsm...@hhs1963.org> wrote: > >> However, I encourage you and others to read and discuss it if you wish. > > Fortunately, the forum is an entertaining outlet for my writing and reading > desires without the give and take over an interesting book. > > If no one has read that book, another interesting book i have recently > finished is the translation and explication of the Heart Sutra by Red Pine. > He places the Sutra in the context of the early Theravada school debating > the early Mahayanists about the pervasiveness of shunyata. There was some > Theravada school called the Sarvastivadins that more or less said emptiness > applied to our selves and our bodies and so on but not to enlightenment. Any > ways, it was interesting that the lines that end up being so beautiful were > written as a part of some two thousand year old flame war or its old > fashioned equivalent. His translation, as usual, is into smooth modern > English. > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 5565 (20101026) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 5565 (20101026) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5566 (20101027) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5569 (20101027) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: zen_forum-dig...@yahoogroups.com zen_forum-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zen_forum-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
