Ordinary mind easily mistakes correlation for causation. Buddha mind,
has no corollary.
K
On 7/1/2012 4:39 PM, Joe wrote:
Edgar, our Zazen is simply a practice that increases the likelihood
that lightning will strike.
Without it, we are not at Ground-Potential.
(in UK, we might say Earth-Potential).
Without it, we are profoundly deaf to the preaching of the Dharma by
every stick and stone.
But I'd say you're right that there also are cooperating-causes and
-conditions in our lives, and it is *these* which break the samadhi,
whether we are still seated at the time or not.
Practice is a package-deal; we mustn't leave out an appreciation of
the panoply of methods transmitted by compassionate teachers from the
beginning, especially of Zazen.
The three pillars remain "Teaching; Practice; Awakening."
--Joe
> Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
>
> In fact recall the recorded enlightenment accounts in Zen
literature. I challenge you to quote a single one that occurred during
zazen. [snip]
