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    Tao and God

    word in taoism its said that to a perfect man, everything is right under heaven. amitabha
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    Tao and God

    zazen tzu "actually the reason we see god as "human like" is because god made man in his image, and because everything we experience originates from god, therefore everything that is "human like"(or of man) is not distinguishable as unique or seperate of god, because god is the wellspring" i...
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    Tao and God

    actually actually the reason we see god as "human like" is because god made man in his image, and because everything we experience originates from god, therefore everything that is "human like"(or of man) is not distinguishable as unique or seperate of god, because god is the wellspring amitabha
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    Tao and God

    hmm so if i believe in "god" even though lets say im protestant im supposed to be running around calling myself what? a "Godling" or something? tao is just a name, god is just a name it doesnt accurately describe anything what is god? what is tao? you cant put into words the answer to these...
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    What is Chi?

    qi well, the character means breath, light, energy, etc and what chi is to the chinese anyway, usually reffers to the life force vaj was talking about see to the chinese there are 3 things that make up a person, there is chi(energy) jing(essence) and shen(conciousness, mind etc) chi is...
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    Tao and God

    hmm its like this tao = omnipresent (gods omnipresent) tao beyond words and intellectualizations (transcendental of mundane reality, beyond dualisms) therefore, it cannot be that this is true "in any event, the whole of the cosmos is seen as a unified, organic, whole." the tao is seen...
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    You are wrong: what now?

    perceptions most spiritual traditions in the east emphasise basing nothing on faith alone, only learning from direct experience, that is the key to spiritual enlightenment because you have to be concious of your spiritual cultivation, like most things if your not focused on the goal ahead...
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    Buddhist Philosophy

    yogachara "This is a philosophical tenet of the Yogacara school in which external reality is negated, that is, the atomically structured external world is negated. Because the proponents of the Yogacara philosophical system assert that things cannot exist other than as projections of one's own...
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    types of Buddhism?

    chan thanks for the advice, ill be as careful as i can having a firm understanding of buddhist sutras and practicing chan are different things all together(although they are complimentary), if you understood this, you would realise that the elementary aspect is only for the students benefit...
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    types of Buddhism?

    oh oh so if its taught in a monastery it must be the only way to practice chan, so then, how do you explain bodhidarma? amitabha
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    types of Buddhism?

    bong? pass whatever your smoking this way amitabha
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    types of Buddhism?

    buddha nature the classification of self and phenomena is only an elementary and intellectual intercourse, because there is no differentation between them, if there were, they wouldnt be empty "yes, they are all present in the Prajnaparamita Sutras. this is not in question. what i'm...
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    types of Buddhism?

    "please be aware that the philosophical position that is being taken is with reference to the Prasangkia-Madyamika view." cant honestly say i know what that is "Vajrayana supports this Mahayana veiw but expands on it to include the entire nature of perceptions, thought formations, feelings...
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    Shalom

    more chi to you.. amitabha ;)
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    types of Buddhism?

    buddha "the Mahayana assert an "emptiness" of persons and phenomena and the Vajrayana supports this Mahayana veiw but expands on it to include the entire nature of perceptions, thought formations, feelings et al." this is incorrect in that there is no differences being stated amitabha
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    What is Zen?

    chan "actually.. it is exactly where the two met, according to my sources :)" get better sources "i've got quite an interesting history on the two that i'd be happy to post if you are interested" well..a history isnt neccesarily the history, but of course id love to hear what youve got to...
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    What is Zen?

    well chan isnt where "buddhism met taoism" for one, buddhism was already in china before bodhidarma arrived bodhidarma was NOT the first patriarch of chan he was i believe the 28th(going all the way back to buddha), i have the lineage somewhere but not going into that.. bodhidarma was the...
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    Religion vs Philosophy?

    hmm the way you ended your post leaves me to feel you either dont wish to discuss the subject further or maybe you just didnt think to, but some more detail on why you dont agree with me would be appreciated regardless..falun gong, those two words just make me laugh and shiver at the same...
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    Religion vs Philosophy?

    hmm the taiwan situation is imho ridiculous, but i can see their point! regardless hasnt taiwan been a part of china for basically all of chinas history before the communist rule? because i really dont know, i think it was but i dunno if it was and they are now trying to turn around and say...
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    The Trinity of Christianity

    well it sounds like whomever made the interpretation is trying to understand god intellectualy, which is to say by means of understanding on a mundane level, which is impossible because to understand god you have to transcend this mundane reality its only logical right? that to understand...
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