he realised..without realising the experience is worthless..merle.
Buddha didn't 'know', he EXPERIENCED what we now call Buddha Nature on the morning of the 40th day he sat under the Bodhi Tree - or so the story goes... ...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > Â joe... siska... how did buddha know?..merle > Â > Siska, > > Some eat beef tongue, and others eat pickled pig tongue. > > Knowing is identifying and recognizing, when it comes to sensing. Granted, I > use it as a "technical term", here, of the body, or of body-mind. > > Now, what about that "Chinese"? The word for knowing in the Huang-bo and in > the Platform Sutra? I wonder if you've had a look at that yet, please. Very > interested to "know" your translation. Just for interest, of course. Not > because it affects or changes our practice. It's for our conversation. > > Thanks! > > With Greeting from the desert, > > --Joe > > > siska_cen@ wrote: > > > > Hi Joe, > > > > Who is tongue? ;-) > > > > Siska > > -----Original Message----- > > > Siska, > > > > You are one stubborn Bodhisattva. > > > > Tasting warm or cold is "knowing" by the tongue. Are you the tongue? > > > > All other knowings are fraudulent. Two-plus-two? Has no taste at all. It > > doesn't even stink. > > > > --Joe >
