On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:16:27 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
Just saw on Fox News that the Governor of Georgia will lead a prayer
vigil for rain. Reggie, looks like you'll soon be good to go.

--Vic

It better be a hell of a good prayer. I would recommend we have some
Christians, Jews, Muslims, pagans, Buddhist and whoever else we can
round up at the prayer vigil.

Don't let in any of us Zen Buddhists. We'll eat all the food and fake
the praying. )
Mark E. Williams

Maynard G. Krebbs wrote:
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:16:27 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
Just saw on Fox News that the Governor of Georgia will lead a prayer
vigil for rain. Reggie, looks like you'll soon be good to go.

--Vic
It better be a hell of a good prayer. I would recommend we have some
Christians, Jews, Muslims, pagans, Buddhist and whoever else we can
round up at the prayer vigil.

Don't let in any of us Zen Buddhists. We'll eat all the food and fake
the praying. )
Mark E. Williams


Who invited the damn Zen Buddhist to the party?

On Nov 12, 9:02 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
Maynard G. Krebbs wrote:
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:16:27 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
Just saw on Fox News that the Governor of Georgia will lead a prayer
vigil for rain. Reggie, looks like you'll soon be good to go.

--Vic
It better be a hell of a good prayer. I would recommend we have some
Christians, Jews, Muslims, pagans, Buddhist and whoever else we can
round up at the prayer vigil.

Don't let in any of us Zen Buddhists. We'll eat all the food and fake
the praying. )
Mark E. Williams

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What makes a "Zen" different from any other buddhist?

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:59:41 -0800, Tim wrote:

snippity-snip

What makes a "Zen" different from any other buddhist?

Zen buddhists believe God is in everyone and it's totally up to the
individual to chip away the rough (ie non-God) parts. Confusan sp
and Taoist Buddhist writing are guides for finding salvation. Zen
Buddhist writtings are ment to confuse and misdirect the student so
he/she comes up with their own answers.

As an example, if you wished to learn how to dodge attacks other
Buddhists would train you in conditioning and techniques to avoid
various attacks.
Zen masters would simply surprize you and beat you with a stick untill
you figured out how to dodge the attacks yourself.

Mark E. Williams
PS...oversimplified but the basics are there.