While all this is true in the sense you mean it Edgar, it is built on a
conveniently false understanding of transcendence as escape - except for
the last line - which is as good a description of transcendence as any.
KG
On 9/12/2012 7:03 AM, Edgar Owen wrote:
Kris, Mike, JM,
It's very easy to transcend the body and go directly to Nirvana.
Just kill yourself.... Total irrevocable mindlessness!
As long as you are in your body you can NEVER transcend it except
partially for a few hours at most... This realization was a major step
in my own Zen. Buddha also tried extreme asceticism and finally
rejected it as a false path...
Trying to transcend your body is a false path...
As long as you are in your body you MUST deal with the world of forms
including your body and its needs. The way to do that is to realize
that Zen is the realization of the world of forms as MANIFESTATIONS of
Buddha Nature rather than something that stands between you and Buddha
Nature and that keeps you from enlightenment...
The world of forms realized as the manifestation of Buddha Nature IS
enlightenment!
Edgar
