Re: virus: Level 3

Eric Boyd (6ceb3@qlink.queensu.ca)
Thu, 29 May 1997 12:45:28 -0500


Richard Brodie wrote:
> My pet Boyd Eric wrote:

Teachers pet? Ahhhh... ain't I cute!

> >Now that looks like Zen. I've been reading about it recently in a
> >book. It says that distinctions like "exist" and "don't-exist" are
> >infact only products of our minds and need to be discarded in order to
> "acheive oneness"... looks like a ten year project to me, ...
>
> Or 20 if you're in a hurry...

So true! There is an inherent contradiction in "studying" Zen in that
the entire goal is to /remove/ all goals... it's no wonder people think
Buddists are insane!

ERiC

"During my 87 years I have witnessed a whole succession of technolgical
revolutions; but none of them has done away with the need for character
in
the individual, or the ability to think."
-Bernard Baruch