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**hygtfrdes** · 06-05-2011, 10:26 AM

as a zen practitioner what is your stance on the nature of the mind? i can see how mahayanists beleive there nature is pure because when you do shikantaza, you literally dont do anything and then this creates much joy and compassion so i can see where they are thinking "if im just doing nothing being myself, and all these buddha like qualities manifest then my nature must be pure" what im thinking is, the mind might not be pure and bright, maybe the mind is neutral and its just that act of meditating the seeing of reality that is so pure. see what im saying?

06-05-2011, 10:26 AM	#34
hygtfrdes Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 434 Senior Member	as a zen practitioner what is your stance on the nature of the mind? i can see how mahayanists beleive there nature is pure because when you do shikantaza, you literally dont do anything and then this creates much joy and compassion so i can see where they are thinking "if im just doing nothing being myself, and all these buddha like qualities manifest then my nature must be pure" what im thinking is, the mind might not be pure and bright, maybe the mind is neutral and its just that act of meditating the seeing of reality that is so pure. see what im saying?
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