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Recent content by koan

  1. koan

    Zen driving

    I'm actually a truck driver. I use awareness an mindfulness.
  2. koan

    What's a Real Buddhist?

    No such thing as NOTHING.
  3. koan

    I Have Questions about Buddhism...

    Tathagata, practicing on your own without even rudimentary instruction would probably cause one to miss the nuance of correct practice.
  4. koan

    Entrance to the Way

    Ah! but when you stand up?
  5. koan

    Entrance to the Way

    Just sitting wont get rid of ignorance.
  6. koan

    What's a Real Buddhist?

    One who throws ****** at the people who watches.
  7. koan

    Gogly visitations

    When Buddhism began, 99%of the population were illiterate and very superstitious. Taking this into consideration, teachers at the time would use expedient means to get the message across. If this involved telling the audience, that they conversed with Devas' or so on, It wasn't meant to be literal.
  8. koan

    What's a Real Buddhist?

    A true Buddhist, stands up for his beliefs and smites his enemies and converts the non believers. OOPS, I was confused with the Abrahamic religions.
  9. koan

    The Platform sutra

    wmjbyatt, why bring Buddha into this?
  10. koan

    The Platform sutra

    dust is erroneous thinking.
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    Zen Taoism

    The Great way is easy, just avoid picking and choosing.
  12. koan

    Heart Sutra

    The best commentary I've read was by, the Korean Mu soeng. However here is part of my take. Form = Existence. Void/Emptiness =non existence. So a basic formula is, We exist, we don't exist. We neither exist or don't exist. We both exist and don't exist. Everything comes from emptiness...
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    Zen Taoism

    Then end results of Taoism are completely different to Buddhism. So except for some similarities in the lower echelons of practice, they are different.
  14. koan

    What is this inscription?

    It's only attainment if one thinks about it. This is also another way of saying everything comes from the mind. If you don't think about it, what is attained?
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    Selfish For The Middle Way

    There is a difference from what one believes makes one happy, to what actually makes one happy? Of course there is the old adage, everything in moderation. Happiness, people generally forget that this is the main aim of Buddhism. Let's not get confused however, with "highs", more a constant...
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