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06-08-2022, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Maisy
Answer: When you know for yourself that certain things are unwholesome, and wrong, and bad, then give them up... .
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Sounds like the via negative……simply seek to eliminate the ‘bad’ and accept what remains.. |
07-08-2022, 06:04 AM
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" To enter the Buddha Way is to stop discriminating between good and evil and to cast aside the mind that says this is good and that is bad."
Dogen.
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07-08-2022, 06:19 AM
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Master
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Originally Posted by Still_Waters
NOTE: This seemed intuitively obvious, but I still wanted to check it out experientially.
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Tried and tested and presumably given the seal of approval  |
07-08-2022, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by sky
Tried and tested and presumably given the seal of approval |
Yes, Ummon was given my seal of approval (FWIW). |
07-08-2022, 02:32 PM
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The "Sermon" of the Flower
Case 6 (Gateless Gate):
When Shakyamuni was at Mount Grdhrakuta, he held out a flower to his listeners. Everyone was silent. Only Mahakashyapa broke into a broad smile.
NOTE: I always loved  this particular "sermon".  |
07-08-2022, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Still_Waters
Case 6 (Gateless Gate)
NOTE: I always loved this particular "sermon".
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It's actually not a Sermon given by The Buddha but a Chinese Chan invention  |
07-08-2022, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by sky
It's actually not a Sermon given by The Buddha but a Chinese Chan invention |
Are you sure about that? You may be correct, as the story does appear in the Zen Classics. |
07-08-2022, 04:29 PM
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Here's a great bunch of koans from which to pick one for discussion.
https://thebuddhafultao.wordpress.co...e-great-koans/
What caught my attention was:
"When the many are reduced to one, to what is the one reduced?" |
07-08-2022, 05:04 PM
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Is there any juncture against sharing your interpretation of a koan with another ? Would that rob their experience of a possible epiphany ? And to be commended for your insightful interpretation…..to what purpose ? To serve your ego ?
Just wondering….this is all very interesting….but I am sure that my questions have been addressed by adherents in the past…..
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07-08-2022, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Still_Waters
Are you sure about that? You may be correct, as the story does appear in the Zen Classics.
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Yes, very sure according to the experts who can't find any trace of it before 1036 and then found in Zen Classics. |
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