[Buddha-l] Re: recommendations for books on Madhyamika

[curt]

I changed my mind. I now think that anti-intellectualism is a good thing 
in Zen. Anyone who is going to read or not read depending on what their 
teacher tells them to do, or what the peer pressure pressures them to 
do, should sit more until they grow some gonads. Leave the reading 
material for the adults who think for themselves and are not so easily led.
- Curt

Benito Carral wrote:

>On Monday, October 17, 2005, Curt wrote:
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>>My  point is: don't bother going around saying to Zen
>>folks, "so Zen is connected with Madhamika?" - you'll
>>either  get  blank stares or you'll be criticized for
>>"thinking" too much.
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>   I  suppose  that  I'm  a Zen folk after all, and I'm
>sure  that  many  Zen  folks  like me agree that Zen is
>connected  with Madhyamika, and with Huayan. Maybe some
>Zen  folks (specially from Japanese schools) don't read
>or  study  books, but if you visit Chinese monasteries,
>you  will discover that they have great study programs.
>That  Zen  stereotype  that you reproduce is just plain
>nonsense.
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>   Best wishes,
>
>   Beni
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