Barb, Thanks for your post and welcome to the Zen Forum (I think this is yor first post...?).
I had the same experience you had with first Christianity and then Buddhism and finally zen; and I have drawn the same conclusion you have. I beleive all of these have the same core, are essentially trying to teach the same thing. I beleive that core is hidden more and harder to get to in Christianity than Buddhism; and I beleive that finally in zen the core is manifest and presented without the superflous odornments of religion. Zen is just zen. Just THIS! Just sit (zazen)... ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Barb Jordan <butter_fly1944@...> wrote: > > Greetings, > A Finger Pointing at the Moonâ¦Christianity or Zen. > What I have experienced on my journey is that Christianity and Zen are but > fingers pointing to the truth. I came into Zen after following Christianity > most of my life. I found the Truth to be hidden deeply in Christianity and it > wasnât until I came to Zen that I could understand it. I believe there are > prophets for the day and there is a religion for different cultures, but they > are all fingers pointing to the truth. We have to discover the Truth > ourselves. >  This verse comes to my mind > For the creative imagination to be particularly active, > the water must be fetched, > and drunk fresh from the spring > if it is to flow through us > and quicken our hidden mythological talents. >  > Karl-Kerenyi >  > Peace, > Barb > ------------------------------------ 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/
