Mike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anthony...
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> If we subscribe to Bill!'s assertion that at the root of all religion we can
> find zen, then yes, I do feel that the central realisation of the religions
> you
> mentioned (esp Advaita Vedenat, Dzogchen and Zen) are the same. In simple
> terms,
> they all cite that when we strip away our mind of desires and aversions etc.
> then only Awareness (Spirit/Buddha Nature/Self/Tao/God etc) remains. The
> difference lies in the outward features of the respective paths (rituals,
> sutras
> versus tantra etc), but at their heart I would say they are the same.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: SteveW <eugnostos2000@...>
> To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, 13 February, 2011 0:32:23
> Subject: Re: [Zen] visualization
>
>
>
>
> --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, mike brown <uerusuboyo@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Still in India and just letting you know I'm still alive (but a lot
> > thinner..).
> >
> > It's been an amazing experience so far and I've learned a lot from being
> > here.
>
> > Just thought I'd add something to this thread. Has anyone read the book by
> > Ken
>
> > Wilber: Grace and Grità (1991) about his wife who had, and died from,
> > cancer? A
> >
> > remarkable insight into dying, death and (ultimately) how to live. Wilber
> > himself (at the the time of writing) had been sitting (Zen) for 15 years
> > and
> > Treya, his wife, had been studying vipassana for 10 years. They both
> > incorporated transpersonal pyschology, yoga, Tibetan Buddhism and the
> > teachings
> >
> > of Ramana Maharshi (something for everyone!) into their dealing with cancer
> > and
> >
> > I can say it's a very powerful book. If anyone has read it and would like
> > to
> > discuss it, I'd be happy to oblige!Ã
> >
> > Namaste,
> >
> > MikeÃ
> >
> > Hi Mike. I am pleased to meet you. I have read a few of Wilber's
> books, but not that one, although he mentions his wife's death
> in his other writings. You mention Maharshi. Tell me, do you
> find the central realization of the non-dual traditions of Zen,
> Advaita Vedanta, Kashmir Shaivism and Dzogchen to be the same?
> Steve
> >
>
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