I forgot to add to the bottom of my reply,,, But I certainly DON'T feel any connections to Buddha Nature when reading St. Thomas Aquinas or any other religious philospher!
...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > ED, > > I find no fault with JMJM's post below. I could word-smith it a little bit > (mostly by removing words) and condense it down into a statement of practice > that is virtually identical to zen. > > Of course I could also do that with most any of Jesus' teachings talking > about the Kingdom of Heaven, 'must become as a little child', 'Consider the > lilies of the field...even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one > of these'. These all shout out BUDDHA NATURE to me. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Bill, > > > > In your opinion, is this below an acceptable 'Zen' teaching, or is it an > > unnecessary accretion to Zen? > > > > JMJM, the above is an honest and straightforward question, which I hope > > does not offend you. > > > > Thanks, ED > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > > > > Our tradition's main emphasis is a practice. By focusing on our > > "heart" > > > > to sync the "heart" of the universe, we shall witness self nature. > > Our > > > > practitioners has also witness the heart to be the core, the chi, > > the > > > > center, the essence, the love, the current, the energy, the big > > chakra, > > > > the conduit, the whole being, the entirety, etc. > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
