Anthony, JMJM keeps quoting it because he keeps trying to awaken you.
Silly man! ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > JM, >  > You say, 'Diamond Sutra said nothing. It is just a tool for awakening.' If > so, why do you keep quoting it? >  > Are you aware that Diamond Sutra was composed at least 500 years after > Buddha's demise? That is a consensus of modern Buddhist scholars. > Nevertheless, it is an excellent sutra. >  > Anthony > > --- On Fri, 20/5/11, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺å¦ç²¾æ <chan.jmjm@...> wrote: > > > From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺å¦ç²¾æ <chan.jmjm@...> > Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Self Nature > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, 20 May, 2011, 10:39 PM > > >  > > > > ED, > > Thank you for your concern. I thank you. Let me say a few things about > the value of my posts. > > > My teacher does not want us to record, memorize, take notes, catalog his > speeches, because when the moment passes, they are no longer valid, because > they will be out of context --- emotional, logical, sequential and > circumstantial context. So did Buddha and Jesus. > > My teacher always remind us that Diamond Sutra said nothing. It is just a > tool for awakening. > My posts are not mine. Most of my posts are borrowed, copied, plagiarized > from some where. They are very very narrow in scope, while I suppose to > cover ALL, because that is what Chan is. Chan is ALL. Therefore my posts > are always partial and incomplete by nature. > > My posts server one purpose, to awaken someone. Often that someone may not > be the person named in the post. > To conclude, my posts contains no value, especially after the effect.Thank > you for thinking of me. :-) > > Have a nice day. > 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 5/20/2011 6:27 AM, ED 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/
