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03-11-2004, 04:37 PM
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Interestingly, the sutras that are chanted in Zen monasteries and centers in Japanese lineages such as mine aren't actually in modern Japanese but older Sino-Japanese, which I was reminded of when I read your post.
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03-12-2004, 07:45 PM
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I too have Taoist inclinations.
Taoism (philosophical Taoism) set me off on my spiritual journey, and to its credit, I have yet to find a theory/frame of mind/understanding more compelling. What Taoism lacks is a method. Its got everything else, but when it comes to implementing, Buddhism flies high above the rest. It's got the methods. I can't think how the hell Lao Tzu came to such profound realisations as he did, but he seems to have been pretty much alone. There were enough people interested in Spirituality in India at the time of the Buddha so that what the Buddha found could be spread and taught. I think the Buddha found what he was looking for and so he knew what to do with it, whereas Lao Tzu just stubbled across it. |
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