Do you have Zen dreams?

[Gregor]

Will, Harry, Jundo, ect.

Thanks for sharing this.

Sattipatthana Sutta, aye? Isn't the Pali cannon such a great resource regardless of what particular sect of Buddhism we ascribe too? I find that studying the dharma in the way the Buddha taught it is both very helpful and inspiring. There is nothing wrong with basing a practice on on elements of Theravada tradition. Afterall, without it we would have no Buddhism whatsoever.

I think it's important that we practice what speaks to us and just be open enough to allow things to take their natural course. No two people will be able to describe their experiences exactly the same way. I think there is room for us to appreciate the roots of Buddhism even from our "Zen" perspective.

Enough talk from me. I'm going to go visit my bedroom wall for thirty minutes.


May you be happy,

Greg

[Rev R]

Hey Jundo,

Would you say that we must be on guard against falling into a trap of nihilism and apathy?

[Jundo]

Hey Jundo,

Would you say that we must be on guard against falling into a trap of nihilism and apathy?

Hi Rev,

Yes, we could fall into that. Nishijima describes Buddhism as a philosophy of optimism, and I agree. However, because we do such practices as dropping "good" and "bad", "right" and "wrong", we could fall into seeing the world as an amoral, meaningless nihilism. There is no need to, however. In fact, I believe that we find a definite Goodness to life in the peace that results from dropping our small ideas of "good" and "bad" ... it is the "Goodness" of a universe that is just "good at being the universe that gave us life".

The Precepts also serve to keep us from heading toward the "Dark Side".

Gassho, Jundo

[Rev R]

Hey Jundo,

Thanks for the reply, you clever devil.

R