why joe..why dispel soul?..merle Merle,
Contemplation dispels it. --Joe > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > joe..well well well..no soul ... is it too frightening to contemplate?..merle > > Merle, > > That's correct. > > But someone who is *NOT* a follower of the Buddha (i.e., NOT a Buddhist) who > believes in a soul may still practice Zen, and Zen methods. > > Effective Zen practice may result in awakening, and in a concomitant > dissolution of belief in a soul, but we can't say in advance, nor can we > predict, when it comes to individuals. People can be funny. > > Some speak of a "soul" just to be poetic in certain instances; others really > believe in such a thing.
