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[Cobie]

16 minutes ago, Keith108 said:

My Buddhist practice is standard hwadu practice …

What is this?  
https://www.hwadu.org/hwadu-what-is-this/

 

 

Edited Sunday at 11:48 PM by Cobie

[Keith108]

1 hour ago, Cobie said:

What is this?  

 

 

My sig quote says it all. 
 

Edit: Ah, didn’t see the link. That’s a little off, especially when he gets into talking about a soul. Look up Kusan Sunim. Much more traditional perspective. 

Edited yesterday at 01:36 AM by Keith108

[Cobie]

17 hours ago, Keith108 said:

My sig quote says it all. 

Yes, it does. So many different traditions in this world. I may not always agree, but it is always interesting to read. 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 05:16 PM by Cobie

[Cobie]

17 hours ago, Keith108 said:

… the link. That’s a little off, especially when he gets into talking about a soul. …

 

oh …  the ‘soul’ bit was what I liked the most about it. 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 05:24 PM by Cobie

[Cobie]

19 hours ago, Keith108 said:

… Look up Kusan Sunim. Much more traditional perspective. 

 

Maybe you could give a digest? 

 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by Cobie

[Cobie]

Hwadu, derived from the Chinese 話頭 

話 hua4 - words

頭 tou2 - head

 

 

Edited yesterday at 05:40 PM by Cobie

[Cobie]

From my link, “Hwadu acts as a purification process that filters out conventional conceptualization or thoughts.”

Imo: 

 

Hwadu was not a question,

did not mean ‘what is it?’; 

 

Hwadu was a comment,

saying that what is heard is 話頭 - ‘head talking!’ i.e. thoughts [and therefore best ignored]. 

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 06:11 PM by Cobie

[Keith108]

2 hours ago, Cobie said:

 

oh …  the ‘soul’ bit was what I liked the most about it. 

 

 

 

Unfortunately, there is that Anatta thingy in Buddhism.

 

2 hours ago, Cobie said:

 

Maybe you could give a digest? 

 

 

 

I don't love talking about Buddhism here...it didn't go well the last time I was active.  

 

2 hours ago, Cobie said:

Hwadu, derived from the Chinese 話頭 

話 hua4 - words

頭 tou2 - head

 

 

 

A monk asked Joju: "Does a dog have Buddha Nature?"

Joju replied: "Mu!"

 

The story is the kong an (koan jp,), the word "Mu" is the hwadu. 

 

2 hours ago, Cobie said:

From my link, “Hwadu acts as a purification process that filters out conventional conceptualization or thoughts.”

Imo: 

 

Hwadu was not a question,

did not mean ‘what is it?’; 

 

Hwadu was a comment,

saying that what is heard is 話頭 - ‘head talking!’ i.e. thoughts [and therefore best ignored]. 

 

 

 

 

The author of the blog is a philosopher. Seon (Zen jp.) is not philosophy, it's direct experience. You'll have to trust me on this, but the question aspect is the most important part. Not so much the words, but the feeling of a question. Thoughts come and go, and sometimes don't appear. Either way, the only direction is to continue with the hwadu.

 

Anyway, we aren't helping tianzhang with the kidney problem! #offtopic

 

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