From: Mark Grant (mark@unicorn.com)
Date: Thu Jan 23 1997 - 05:11:11 MST
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
> There is nothing truly
> incompatible about rational, logical, critical thinking and Zen. In
> fact, I find the latter quite helpful to the former.
I agree; the whole point of 'enlightenment'/ego-loss is to be in touch
with reality rather than living in a fantasy as most people do... and if
you ignore the mystic stuff and treat it as philosophy then I think that
some of the fundamental Buddhist ideas such as non-attachment make an
awful lot of sense if you're planning to live for a long time. Everything
changes, and neurotic attachment to anything will be a big problem for an
immortal.
Mark
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