tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post1450874547734298754..comments2024-03-27T20:10:46.984-07:00Comments on The Rambling Taoist: Nothing's SacredThe Rambling Taoisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-72743888384436825902011-04-02T14:25:50.741-07:002011-04-02T14:25:50.741-07:00Re: the Islam comment. I was indeed observing the...Re: the Islam comment. I was indeed observing the similarity of the concept of surrender. Even the Greek Stoics make a similar point of "acceptance" which I think can be understood as "surrender."<br /><br />As I was pondering this issue of Zen Buddhist social ethics I came cross an interesting article:<br /><br />http://www.thezensite.com/ZenEssays/CriticalZen/masao_abe_social_ethics.htm<br /><br />I haven't finished it yet, but I think there is much food for thought in it.baroness radonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593108634484542286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-15874553215118967322011-04-02T13:04:53.789-07:002011-04-02T13:04:53.789-07:00Baroness, excellent points. It's a true point ...Baroness, excellent points. It's a true point of confusion and contradiction: how do you square non-dual thought with acts that are obviously atrocious? Is it equivocating to say "well, on the spiritual level, yes he acted in a sacred manner, but on the social issue, no." One might say that the best course is to have harmony across all the levels, but then, what is "better" in a non-dual thought system.<br /><br />I don't think any of this makes sense until you're enlightened (if ever?). So maybe that "surrender with trust" is pretty appropriate. <br /><br />Nothing wrong with it sounding like Islam, in my mind. I figure all religions have some kernel of truth, however they get used by the unenlightened followers. I'm a Universalist in thinking, and always looking at the similarities. The differences often seem less important than the similarities. The essence is there.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12704525078859327898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-65447151713458516012011-04-02T11:42:44.097-07:002011-04-02T11:42:44.097-07:00Two comments..
"Surrender in trust" sou...Two comments..<br /><br />"Surrender in trust" sounds almost like Islam.<br /><br />While I find the "intellectual" precepts of zen intriguing, and compatible or derived from tao, the problem I have with zen goes outside the zendo. Where is the social ethic? I think --for many Westerners, at least --zen becomes an escape. Show me something positive for application in ordinary daily social life. If you say "all things are sacred," cleverly the opposite of the title of the post, are you suggesting that, for instance, Charles Manson committed a sacred act?<br /><br />In the sense that philosophy continued after the dead end of logical positivism, life continues beyond satori. You can't just sit there. Or maybe you do?baroness radonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593108634484542286noreply@blogger.com