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

[Stefan Detrez]

The connection between Zen and Madhyamaka is the 'Two-truths'-doctrine
of paramartha- and samvrtisatya. Plenty of Koans consist in the
complementariness of everyday situations and their soaking wetness of
supreme reality.

Stefan

On 10/18/05, curt <curt at cola.iges.org> wrote:
> 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:
> >
> >
> >
> >>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.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >   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.
> >
> >   Best wishes,
> >
> >   Beni
> >
> >
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