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Comment on MAZE – Modern American Zen Experience by Zendigity

Zendigity — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:10:12 +0000

You seem to be over thinking this, be careful about what you insinuate here; when have I said that I “do not agree that phenomena are empty of intrinsic identity”, I asked you why you believe that a state of being must have a beginning middle and end; please don’t make effort to malign that which your beliefs tell you more about than your understanding does.

Comment on MAZE – Modern American Zen Experience by mythrndiiir

mythrndiiir — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:19:07 +0000

i’m not under any impressions. You have made a statement that you do not agree that phenomena are empty of intrinsic indentity. Could you be so kind as to posit your the nature of this existent intrinsic identity?

Comment on MAZE – Modern American Zen Experience by Zendigity

Zendigity — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:38:06 +0000

You seem to be under the impression that I’m new to these concepts, I understand far more than you may think I do. The irony of your comments aren’t lost though, and the humor they brings also demonstrates something about Zen that I think needs to be shared; we are using the same words to describe different complexities of the same concept. You’re pointing out my ego and attempting to teach me something about being egoless. I get it, and that’s part of the whole juxtaposition of the Modern American Zen Experience; it’s the words we’ve been trained to use, the linguistic we’ve been taught, it all brings about a different set of meanings to “the mind”.

Comment on MAZE – Modern American Zen Experience by mythrndiiir

mythrndiiir — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:30:10 +0000

Zen, as it is practiced today has taoist and buddhist roots. I practice zazen, I have no perception of zen. The point taoism and buddhism is making is the same. If there were two realities we couldnt share reality, we could never communicate. All of your understanding is based on your mind, but there is understanding beyond mind. Not a different aspect of mind , like communication and understanding, not super powers or different states of beings. Those are impermanent and thus cannot be the ultimate nature of reality. I am not talking about taoism and buddhism, I am talking about the ultimate nature of reality, and I think your missing the point of the emptiness of emptiness. No mind…. There is no “beings” which exist independently of other beings.

Comment on Modern American Zen – FAQ #1 by Zendigity

Zendigity — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:17:03 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more.

Comment on Modern American Zen – FAQ #1 by Zendigity

Zendigity — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:15:19 +0000

Your perception of what I’m expressing is incorrect; there are shades of juxtaposition between what is understood and what’s expressed in order to help others understand.

Comment on MAZE – Modern American Zen Experience by Zendigity

Zendigity — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:09:11 +0000

Your perception of Zen is somewhat different than my own; you are describing Zazen and what you have learned about it from another. The Zen I am referring to goes back to Taoist roots; this is quite a different teaching than what you may be accustomed to. What I understand and what I communicate are very different; sometimes one must travel to the surface in order to appreciate the depth.

Comment on Modern American Zen – FAQ #1 by mythrndiiir

mythrndiiir — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:58:47 +0000

you have to be careful with your assumptions, if this state of being did not have a beginning middle or an end then it would be eternal, and since it is eternal you wouldnt need to do anything special to obtain it.

Comment on Modern American Zen – FAQ #1 by mythrndiiir

mythrndiiir — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:57:53 +0000

If you approach it, then you are giving it a beginning middle and an end. My point is that you can’t approach it from the standpoint of ultimate reality, just conventionally. The truth is the action itself… period

Comment on MAZE – Modern American Zen Experience by mythrndiiir

mythrndiiir — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:49:48 +0000

You are the one positing intrinsic being in the first place, I am trying to tell you that this assumption has to proved before anything you said can make a lick of sense. You are assuming every has inytrinsic being with every sentence, but Zen and Buddhism in ge neral do not assume intrinsic, in fact they begin with just the opposite, emptiness. In fact the whole point of Zazen and meditation is to come understand the impermanence of all things. I am glad that care so much about buddhism and zen and such. This is a very good thing, but even better would be for you to study with a teacher and get to the bottom of the great matter! Please friend, have faith in someone who cared enough to answer you, your understanding is on the surface and there are leagues to go to get to the bottom.