Anthony, When you're happy that is part of zen practice. Whenyou're sad that is part of zen practice.
There is nothing additional to zen practice besides Just THIS! ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > Steve, > Â > Yes, being happy is part of being enlightened. There must be something else > in addition to happiness. > Â > Anthony > > --- On Fri, 8/4/11, SteveW <eugnostos2000@...> wrote: > > > From: SteveW <eugnostos2000@...> > Subject: Re: [Zen] Why bother with Zazen? Better a Roulette > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, 8 April, 2011, 10:23 AM > > > Â > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@> wrote: > > > > Steve, > > ÃÂ > > I have a complete set of greed, aversion and delusion. With aging, they are > > going down, but not enough to be enlightened. > > ÃÂ > > Anthony > > > > Hi Anthony. I tend to think that "happy" (in the true sense of the word) is > > a better word than "enlightened". Are you generally happy? > Of course, true happiness includes being generally sympathetic, compassionate > of other's pain, and contented with what one has. > If you can generally rest in those qualities, and can see that all phenomena > are impermanent, without a separate, independantly-existing self-identity, > then what else is needed? > Steve > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
