Dear Dharmajim, When I first began reading the Flower Ornament Scripture my mind couldn’t get around the inconceivable endless descriptions of the beauty of...
Thank you for your reflections, Walter. I am at the earlier stage you passed through. I am having difficulty with the endless descriptions of glorious scenes....
Hi Walter, Jean, and other readers of the Avatamsaka Sutra, Walter, your posting is a scintillating reflection of that pure energy of positive appreciation of...
Hi Walter: Thanks for the insightful post. I am also amazed by the tone of the Flower Ornament Scripture; the fact that there is not a single negative word,...
Hello Walter, Jean, Rob, and all, Thank you, Walter, for your illuminating comments! Yes! It speaks to the heart, not the discursive mind. My discursive mind...
Dear Jean: When I first read this Sutra, many years ago, I had the same reaction. "Where's the editor?" I found it exasperating. The solution for me was to...
Good Friends: The February Meeting of the Sebastopol Sutra Salon will be this coming Tuesday, February 24th, at 7:30 p.m. at Many Rivers Books & Tea. We will...
Thank you Rob for your appreciative comments. This sutra has been a real challenge for me, and I love it. With much love, Walter (a.k.a. "Clear Light...
Dharmajim, Thank you for your insightful comments. I am blown away by the Avatamsaka Sutra. At one point, I was tempted to skip over many pages so as to get...
Jean, I am, as you, having difficulty trying to understand the Flower Ornament Sutra. This is, I think, a great work and workout for the mind. When I...
Dan, thank you for your comments. This sutra is especially beneficial for me. When I burst into laughter it was, I think, a shift from the mind to the heart....
You're welcome, Walter. It's quite a work, the FGS. It will be fun to meet Tuesday to hear what we've got to say about it. Dan ... beneficial for me. When I...
Jim, I don't think I will be able to make the meeting tonight. There is an outside chance, but probably not. If you could email the reading for next time that...
Jim and Friends, Sorry to say I'm also unable to make it tonight. I'm enjoying the Flower Ornament Sutra greatly and look forward to March. Have a nice...
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Good Friends: Last Tuesday there were several comments regarding the lack of disputation and argumentativeness in the Flower Ornament Sutra. In particular,...
Dear Dharmajim, Thanks for your timely analysis of Chapter 9. In marginal notes I had written a question mark after the first stanza and "Perfection of ...
Dear Jean: In my notes to Chapter 8, the Chapter on the Four Holy (Noble) Truths, I wrote that the Chapter does not include the classic presentation of the...
... about that. ... Dear Jean: This is a big topic. Here I'm going to touch on just a few points. But before I do I want to be clear to readers that I'm not a...
Thanks, Jim, for the clarifying remarks. You didn't mention the Flower Ornament version of the fourth truth, but it seems to me that their the characteristics...
Greetings Jean and DharmaJim and all, Without either of your permissions, I forwarded this exchange to our meditation group. I am sorry, but I did not see any...
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Dear Jean: I think I agree with your assessment. There are passages in the Sutra which have a practice orientation, or craft orientation, but my sense is that...
Dear Bruce: I always assume anything I post on the web is accessible to the world, so I have no problem with you forwarding this to others; but thanks for...
Dear Jim, So nice to see you in the store today! Yes! Yes! The analogies you offer (both the gardener and the guitarist analogies) illustrate the point you're...
... Hi Jim. Probably you don't remember me. Years ago I said some rather brash things on the now defunct BuddhistBoards group and you kindly gave me the...
... Hi Steve: It's good to hear from you. Thanks for posting. I don't consider the two approaches to be exclusive. In the Korean tradition in which I...
... Thank you, Jim, for your excellent reply. I certainly agree with you. My original exposure to Buddhism as a young man was Japanese style Soto Zen. That...
Good Friends: This is an early reminder that the month of March contains five Tuesdays and the Sutra Salon will meet on the Fourth Tuesday, not the last...
Why I'm Not A Non-Dualist The subject of non-dual teachings came up in a series of recent posts. I thought it was a good discussion, but I also felt that...
Hi Jim, Beautiful post, thanks ! I just had a question re. clarification. I know you don't want to be too specific but I'm not quite sure what type of modern...
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