[MD] Zen

[Christoffer Ivarsson]

SA:
> Marsha:
>> Intellect:
>> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/intellect
>
>
> SA:  Bo is relying upon a dictionary to support his
> SOL.  Yet, Bo is picking and choosing what in a
> dictionary definition is valid, such as his removal of
> "power of mind".  Marsha, you've given him a
> dictionary definition of intellect, too, to point out
> his fallacies.  What he'll do next is say who ever
> wrote that dictionary definition did it with SOM, and
> didn't use the SOL or something to fit his needs, so
> he'll start picking and choosing dictionaries that fit
> his pigeon-holing.  To begin to rely upon a dictionary
> definition to bring validity to ones philosophy is
> desperate.  Then to pick and choose the words in the
> dictionary definition is more desperate.  Continuing
> in the chain of Bo's desperation to validate, he'll
> begin picking and choosing dictionaries according to
> some kind of desperate argument.  And then he'll argue
> for his arguement with some kind of ego-inflationary,
> "he knows best", type of approach, etc..., etc...
>
>
> "ON THE HIGH SEAT OF "THE TREASURE OF THE LAW" The
> Platform Sutra of the 6 th Patriarch, Hui Neng"
>
> Bhikkhu Fa Hai, a native of Chu Kiang of Shao Chow, in
> his first interview with the Patriarch asked the
> meaning of the well-known saying, 'What mind is,
> Buddha is.' The Patriarch replied, "To let not a
> passing thought rise up is 'mind'. To let not the
> coming thought be annihilated is Buddha. To manifest
> all kinds of phenomena is 'mind'... Prajna is 'What
> mind is', Samadhi is 'What Buddha is'. In practicing
> Prajna and Samadhi, let each keep pace with the
> other... This teaching can be understood Only through
> the habit of practice.
>
>
> SA continues:  So, let mind without thoughts be
> experienced and mind with thoughts be experienced.
> This is Prajna and Samadhi practicing together as in:
> "What mind is, Buddha is."
>
>
> Thanks Marsha.
>
> woods are covered in ice this morning,
> SA

Uhm. Well, but what is called intelligence is boiled down to "using your 
mind" Observing things, drawing conclusions etc. Surely you see how this 
springs from the idea of mind as a separate entity.  This is really what the 
practice of Zen is trying to bash. I don't see the conflict.