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

[Gad Horowitz]

Actually hua-yen would be a great sorce of metaphors for the
individual-society relation.  The entire ocean (society and much more) is in
one wave, yet the wave is no mere left hand--function, instrument, of the
ocean.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benito Carral" <bcarral at kungzhi.org>
To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 3:08 PM
Subject: [Buddha-l] Re: recommendations for books on Madhyamika


> 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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