Right, Tao, Sufi, Tasawwuf, Zen, Shikan Taza, Kung Fu, just do .... no path either ....
no being just do through non doing As one Sufi Master said, "then what are making ourselves so tired about?" Kirk --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > Sounds exactly like what Bill says about Zen... In any case names are just > names. The true way is nameless... > > Edgar > > > > On Mar 31, 2012, at 1:32 PM, salik888 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 > > > > > > > > > > TODAY(Beta) Powered by Yahoo! > > Spa treatments that will make you cringe > > One procedure involves African snails, whose slime is believed to reduce > > wrinkles and scars. > > Privacy Policy > ------------------------------------ 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/
