http://www.jackzen.com/2005/05/10/quantityquality/ ...........................just noticing Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:22:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.jackzen.com/2005/05/10/quantityquality/#comment-101 Wed, 11 May 2005 01:26:09 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/2005/05/10/quantityquality/#comment-101 When I was a young student, I learned that there are 84,000 sutras - teachings - in Buddhism. In the last sutra, Buddha instructs his students to believe nothing in the previous 83,999 sutras, and ultimately only believe what their experience in the here and now teaches. Easy for him to say, since all of the teachings do nothing but teach us how to notice, pay attention, be here now. When I was a young student, I learned that there are 84,000 sutras - teachings - in Buddhism. In the last sutra, Buddha instructs his students to believe nothing in the previous 83,999 sutras, and ultimately only believe what their experience in the here and now teaches. Easy for him to say, since all of the teachings do nothing but teach us how to notice, pay attention, be here now.

]]> http://www.jackzen.com/2005/05/10/quantityquality/#comment-100 Tue, 10 May 2005 11:45:07 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/2005/05/10/quantityquality/#comment-100 Last night at my Jewel Heart class on Bodhisattva Vows, someone asked how can some traditions of Mahayana focus on a single sutra (specifically the Lotus sutra in some Japanese traditions) and ignore all the other sutras on ultimate compassion. The consensus was that it was enough for those followers to reach enlightenment. Last night at my Jewel Heart class on Bodhisattva Vows, someone asked how can some traditions of Mahayana focus on a single sutra (specifically the Lotus sutra in some Japanese traditions) and ignore all the other sutras on ultimate compassion. The consensus was that it was enough for those followers to reach enlightenment.

]]> http://www.jackzen.com/2005/05/10/quantityquality/#comment-99 Tue, 10 May 2005 10:28:32 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/2005/05/10/quantityquality/#comment-99 Just enough, but no more. Just enough, but no more.

]]> http://www.jackzen.com/2005/05/10/quantityquality/#comment-98 Tue, 10 May 2005 04:12:29 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/2005/05/10/quantityquality/#comment-98 One. One.

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