A tidbit

[chicanobudista]

Re: A tidbit

So, it's clear that the word ego is _not_ used only in a "psycho-babble" meaning. While that may be the case in some forums, I think it's important to distinguish that Freud did not invent the word; it was in use a hundred years before him.

True. But, I think for the forums most part, like e-sangha, use of the concept "ego" w/i the context of Freud or rather the popular understanding of what people think Freud wrote.

FWIW, Freud's German terminology is translated into "Ego". He used the term "the I."

BTW, I have nothing against Freud. It's just that I have seen folks write about the "ego" in Buddhist forums in ways that Freud or psychologists don't use.

[Ryumon]

Re: A tidbit

Maybe they use it the way philosophers do? I'm just saying... I haven't seen the writings you're talking about.

Kirk

[chicanobudista]

Re: A tidbit

Maybe they use it the way philosophers do? I'm just saying... I haven't seen the writings you're talking about.

Maybe. I just saw one post today and really, at least for me, doesn't make sense vis a vis ego, Buddhism, and psychology. I'll look it up. Maybe I am wrong, but, IMHO, the way s/he used it just didn't jive with Buddhism.

BTW, my comments are not meant as a critique on Will's op.

gassho to both of you....I am still learning and meditating.

[will]

Re: A tidbit

We could just do away with the whole thing if we wanted and just hold up a finger.

G,W

[will]

Re: A tidbit

:lol:


G,W

[fb2d]

Re: A tidbit

This post reminds me of the Peter Weller "Buckaroo Bonzai" movie: "Always remember, no matter where you go, there you are."

[Tb]

Re: A tidbit

Holding up certain fingers is very "un-Buddhist", Will. Take that shit to Hardcore Zen.

Regards,

H

Hi
Isnt there a story about a zenmaster holding up his finger?
Or was that his student?

No, got it. Juzhi was a zenmaster who held up a finger in answer to his student questions, and when one student did the same back, he cut it off.
To make the story shorter the student got enlighted in seeing a whole finger and "no finger".

May the force be with you.
Tb