[Buddha-l] The Body in Buddhist Practice

[jkirk]

> You show very clearly how ambiguous the function and meaning of the body 
> is in Zen. First you write that the body IS meditation (which sounds 
> great, but raises a lot of ontological questions) and subsequently you 
> write that the body is merely the INSTRUMENT of meditation.
> Erik
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However, a liberal reading of what Jim said could go both ways.
The body both is, and is not, meditation, depending. Two truths and all 
that?

Joanna