Salik888, This is almost word-for-word what I say about zen - that it is not a part of Buddhism but that Buddhism is just a Buddhist expression of zen.
One big difference is I don't believe zen is a religion - at least not by any definition of religion I've heard. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "salik888" <novelidea8@...> wrote: > > (Osho - The Secret #1) > There are religions and religions, but Sufism is THE religion - the very > heart, the innermost core, the very soul. > > Sufism is not part of Islam; rather, on the contrary, Islam is part of > Sufism. Sufism existed before Mohammed ever was born, and Sufism will exist > when Mohammed is completely forgotten. Islams come and go; religions take > form and dissolve; Sufism abides, continues, because it is not a dogma. It is > the very heart of being religious. > > You may not ever have heard of Sufism and you may be a Sufi - if you are > religious. Krishna is a Sufi, and Christ too; Mahavir is a Sufi, and Buddha > too - and they never heard about the word, and they never knew that anything > like Sufism exists. > > Whenever a religion is alive, it is because Sufism is alive within it. > Whenever a religion is dead, it shows only that the spirit, the Sufi spirit, > has left it. Now there is only a corpse, howsoever decorated - in philosophy, > metaphysics, in dogmas, doctrines - but whenever Sufism has left, religion > stinks of death. This has happened many times. This is happening already > almost all over the world. One has to be aware of it, otherwise one can go on > clinging to a dead corpse. > > gasho > > zendervish > ------------------------------------ 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/
