MISC. NP. since we have talked about mindfulness here

[Ian Livingston]

"A very real Zen answer, to me."

Hinayana, actually. Zen and Hinayana are Pacific descendants of Mahayana.
Both evolved out of Chan, the Chinese variety of Buddhism that integrates
many Taoist elements, especially elements of alchemy and of flow being
unidirectional. Both follow the premise that the goal of enlightenment is
is to achieve Nirvana and, well, graduate out of the cycle of suffering,
death, and rebirth. In Mahayana, the aim is to achieve Nirvana so that the
enlightened one can return as a bodhisattva to guide others along the path
to enlightenment.

On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 4:59 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> This morning, while driving to get my pressing news (no NYT delivery
> where I live), the NPR show ON BEING was on.
>
> Ms. Tippit interviewed Thich Nhat Hanh, leading Vietnamese Buddhist,
> and quoted to him from his Meditation Handbook. "these techniques will
> help you handle the pressing questions in your life"...
>
> She then asked him "What are Your pressing questions?"...
>
> He:  "Pressing questions?", reflectively ......."I have no
> pressing questions"....
>
> A very real Zen answer, to me.
> -
> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>
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