KG, The only hindrance is self.
When self melts away so does self/no-self, mind/no-mind, beliefs, opinions, appearances, hindrances/encouragements, etc... Self follows a path. Without self there is no path to follow, nowhere to go. Just THIS! ...Bill! --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Kristopher Grey <kris@...> wrote: > > "Self'/no-self', 'mind'/'no-mind' - such beliefs (or "opinions" if you > prefer to think personal attachments differ from personal expressions of > them) are hindrances, but being 'empty' can only appear to hinder. > > So long as such stories are appealing, you will pursue them. Doing so, > one imagines the 'path' to appear long and narrow, and following it will > appear to require great effort. > > Path defines self, self defines path. One in the same. All hindrances > arise from thinking otherwise. > > KG > > On 10/6/2012 1:39 AM, Bill! wrote: > > > > The only hindrance to fully realizing Buddha Nature (IMO) is clinging > > to self...Bill! > > > > --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com>, > > Kristopher Grey <kris@> wrote: > > > > > > On 10/6/2012 1:09 AM, billsmart wrote: > > > > My practice is to continue to more completely bring no-mind (Buddha > > > > Nature) up off the cushion and more fully integrate it into my > > daily life. > > > > > > Seeing 'no-mind' as being more or less 'Buddha Nature" than mind is the > > > only hindrance to realizing life as the integral expression of this. > > > > > > Practice, wherever it may appear to lead, is non other than this, > > > appearing as a form of expression. > > > > > > KG > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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: zen_forum-dig...@yahoogroups.com zen_forum-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zen_forum-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
