Hi Mel, I found the 6 realms fascinating, and insightful, but not useful in a real sense - it doesn't apply to the inner / hidden world that Buddhism, it seems to me, is tapping into.
It also seems to me that Zen is allowed to think and think and think about refined intellectual Zen (good luck to it!), but beginners and non-Zen thinking is somewhat frowned on. I will continue decluttering my room. :-) Beverley. ________________________________ From: Mel <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, 3 June, 2011 13:23:12 Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Sentient Beings Hi Beverley. You'll get a lot of this on the net. The only exception I can think of is the ZEN GUIDE website, whose members can be quite unforgiving with those who think far tooooo much For the moment, I suggest concentrating on basic zen. Too many concepts collected here and there does nothing but cause all sorts of unnecessary confusion. There is one way of looking at this....which calms your mind, a cluttered, or uncluttered room? Which do you prefer, a head filled with all sorts of things(including rubbish), or a clear and calm one? Buddha be praised Mel --- On Tue, 31/5/11, Beverley Huish <[email protected]> wrote: Six realms?
