Reading the Sutras

[Shogen]

Re: Reading the Sutras

I read a lot of spiritually inclined reading for the peace it brings, and inspiration to stay on the path.

I think sometimes studying the sutras intently can become like that old saying about the finger pointing at the moon, don't mistake the finger for the moon. The teachings point the way, sometimes when caught up in intense study of them, people mistake them as the way.


I am kind of tired, so I hope I am making sense..

metta,
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[Rich]

Re: Reading the Sutras

The Sutra of Breathing

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/Rich

[robert]

Re: Reading the Sutras

I've found the experience of reading certain sutras or sutra passages is almost a form of meditation itself. They can't always be read in a conventional, linear way.

For example, going to something like the Avatamsaka Sutra with the hope of getting the "scoop" on Mahayana Buddhism will just leave one confused. How do you engage a text like that...so circular, dense, intertwining?