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**occafeVes** · 05-18-2012, 07:36 PM

In the Zen tradition the (seeking of, attachment to the) supernatural is actually a distraction from practice. These things are not denied, just considered a waste of time. You could say that zazen is a cause of the supernatural but seeking it is another form of attachment. So I would say that Buddhism does not need the supernatural but the supernatural is a part of it.

This leads in the question of what is the supernatural? Is it really super-natural of is it simply a natural part of the human experience? All people do not experience these phenomena just as all people do not have green eyes.

05-18-2012, 07:36 PM	#2
occafeVes Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 454 Senior Member	In the Zen tradition the (seeking of, attachment to the) supernatural is actually a distraction from practice. These things are not denied, just considered a waste of time. You could say that zazen is a cause of the supernatural but seeking it is another form of attachment. So I would say that Buddhism does not need the supernatural but the supernatural is a part of it. This leads in the question of what is the supernatural? Is it really super-natural of is it simply a natural part of the human experience? All people do not experience these phenomena just as all people do not have green eyes.
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