---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chris Austin-Lane Date: Saturday, June 4, 2011 Subject: [Zen] Sentient Beings To: "[email protected]"
A way of looking at the six reals that I have found useful is as psychological states. Angry, bitterly resentful, super able and confident, blaming, normal and bored. There is a boddhisattva in each realm. There is a saying, when you begin to follow the path, ten thousand beings spring up to help you. True in my experience, if only because following the path seems to make me receive much more of life as helpful rather than opposed. Thanks,Chris Austin-Lane+1-301-270-6524 On Jun 4, 2011, at 0:57, Beverley Huish <[email protected]> wrote: 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? ------------------------------------ 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/
