Talks can be inspiring. Words can instruct, urge, encourage, and rouse. Making a concept precise that was once imprecise can be the difference between wrong view and right view. Surely this is all part of practicing the Buddhadharma. So there is room for analytical thinking, analytical discourse, and analytical practice in all of this. In [...]
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Dharma Talks: Words Can Inspire And They Can Hinder Practice (Part II)
Posted in Conze, Diamond Sutra, Disciples of the Buddha, Korean Buddhism, Life of Buddha, Practice, Pāli Canon, Zen on May 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The End of the Diamond Sutra
Posted in Conze, Diamond Sutra, Disciples of the Buddha, Korean Buddhism, Life of Buddha, Practice, Red Pine, Zen on April 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
At the end of the Diamond Sutra is a verse. I could say the verse is about the nature of things, or perhaps it is about conditioned existence, or perhaps it is about perception – but all of this would be an attempt to explain it. Although that is part of our task as practitioners [...]
Say It, Don’t Think it
Posted in Conze, Diamond Sutra, Disciples of the Buddha, Korean Buddhism, Life of Buddha, Practice, Zen on March 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Among the many confusing/refreshing/inviting passages in the Diamond Sutra is the following exchange between the Buddha and Subhuti: The Lord asked: What do you think, Subhuti, does it then occur to the Arhat, “by me has Arhatship been attained”? Subhuti: No indeed, O Lord. And why? Because no dharma is called “Arhat.” That is why [...]
