09-10-2006, 06:08 PM
Interesting case. Could it be that (the most) students of Buddism don't collapse the world because they don't do that kind of meditation that makes to loose the thoughs...? I mean that if they concentrate on pictures of Buddha, mandalas, mantras etc. then they don't have empty mind. They have the Buddha in their mind!
But if they meditate so that they loose their thoughts, do we know that they do not collapse the world? There are stories about monks flying in the air, making soaking wet clothes dry in the middle of frost and ice. And what stories there could be, that aren't told to us?
And what is zen? What are stories and activities their do just to quiet their minds...
Could there be inner silence without not-doing or not-doing without inner silence... I ques not.
...Anyway when I think about meditation, I don't always think about Buddists or Hindus. I only think about a person quieting his/hers mind. I don't know wether this idea of mine is a good one, maby "real meditation" is about having mantras, pictures of saints... But I hope not.
But if they meditate so that they loose their thoughts, do we know that they do not collapse the world? There are stories about monks flying in the air, making soaking wet clothes dry in the middle of frost and ice. And what stories there could be, that aren't told to us?
And what is zen? What are stories and activities their do just to quiet their minds...
Could there be inner silence without not-doing or not-doing without inner silence... I ques not.
...Anyway when I think about meditation, I don't always think about Buddists or Hindus. I only think about a person quieting his/hers mind. I don't know wether this idea of mine is a good one, maby "real meditation" is about having mantras, pictures of saints... But I hope not.