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**Smalmslobby** · 08-29-2010, 03:28 AM

Originally Posted by jan I like this site that breaks it down into:

If there is actually further discussion of the sutra itself, then I feel perhaps Element should decide on a text, since he commenced the observations about it.
In Zen, actually, we say the [translated] text is not that important. The meaning is in reciting it. Perfectly logical, isn't it?

08-29-2010, 03:28 AM	#26
Smalmslobby Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 403 Senior Member	Originally Posted by jan I like this site that breaks it down into: If there is actually further discussion of the sutra itself, then I feel perhaps Element should decide on a text, since he commenced the observations about it. In Zen, actually, we say the [translated] text is not that important. The meaning is in reciting it. Perfectly logical, isn't it?
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