Hello Again, Beverly,
Buddhist sutra as recorded document is something for the educational
circle to get a degree with.
Buddha dharma on the other hand is for everyone to uphold, practice and
live it with their heart.
And Buddha further said, "I did not 'talk' about any dharma.... Not
uttered a single word." :-)
JM
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http://www.chan-meditation.com
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Learn to reach enlightenment
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To save the world
http://www.universal-oneness.org
On 5/16/2011 10:29 AM, Beverley Huish wrote:
Thank you, JM, :-)
One of the things that appeals to me about Buddhism is that it
is non-judgemental.
I'm also glad to have you say that knowledge isn't Buddhism's emphasis
- there seems to be an awful lot of it about different types of
Buddhism. (I already decided that I'm not going to make any effort to
pick up what I don't need to know, or when I don't feel I can take
anything else new on - unfortunately, being a newbie Buddhist, I don't
know what I really need to know to be a Buddhist. I'm just focussing
on mindfulness at the moment and hoping / trusting that other
information will come to me as I'm ready to receive it.)
:-)
Beverley.
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*From:* Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected]
*Sent:* Monday, 16 May, 2011 17:47:27
*Subject:* Re: [Zen] Newbie - hello & question
Hello Beverly,
Having your non-comparing mindset is the essence of Chan. Comparing
is always relative and reincarnates itself into endless hell.
Also for your information...
Long Shu Bodhisatva (龍樹） brought Chan to Tibet way back then. In
China, Chan is nick named The Grand "Secret Lineage"/Vajrayana/Mizong
(大密宗）, while Tibetan practice is just Secret Lineage（密宗）.
Some knowledge for your non-Buddhist friend, though knowledge is never
our emphasis.
FYI,
JM
Learn to de-stress, energize and awaken
http://www.chan-meditation.com
Learn to live with Health, Happiness and Harmony
http://www.chanliving.org
Learn to reach enlightenment
http://www.heartchan.org
To save the world
http://www.universal-oneness.org
On 5/16/2011 8:38 AM, Beverley Huish wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie in this group, and to Buddhism. I sincerely don't want
to upset anyone or start an argument. I want to join in this
discussion, and this has cropped up so I'm asking the question.
I told a friend today that I feel Buddhism is for me, and I'm looking
into Zen. My friend replied that Tibetan Buddhism is a more
spiritual type of Buddhism because they believe in God. Having
looked into various types of Buddhism, he believes that the Buddha
communicated higher information, including the existence of God, to
Tibetan Buddhists because they were more spiritually evolved at that
point - Tibetan Buddhists claim this is the case and my friend agrees
with them, he says. My response was to say that different things
appeal to different people and I don't think it's a matter of one
being more 'spiritual' or more 'true' than another. (I really don't
care what might considered 'higher' or more 'spiritual' - at the
moment that is irrelevant to me. However, it did seem a kind of
un-Buddhist thing to claim that oneself is better than another
person? My friend is not a Buddhist.)
What do other people think?
Thank you. :-)
Beverley.
