Diamond Sutra 101 - Part 3

[AirSandFire]

Mind is the Buddha, there's no other Buddha.

[DoctorYoon]

if you are tired, sleep... if you are hungry, eat.... if you are horny, masturbate?

[armjoint1]

If anyone here is qualified to explain the Diamond Sutra in such a simple manner, please share it with all of us.

[armjoint1]

jimanHK - He said right from the beginning he was a Zen monk and not a qualified teacher. If you think you ca do better, please do so and put online, I'll watch it.

[trulaos]

he use the word * stupid * not very professional

[TheStormwater8888]

thank you very much

[goe2n]

may all beings be happy!

[20callenderslady]

Poster giantyoghurt did say that this was not intended to be a scholarly dialogue, so maybe those who have responded negatively should have passed it by. I find Paul Muenzen clear and easy to follow and, as a relative newcomer to Buddhism, welcomed his effort to assist me understand the Diamond Sutra

[LFJ]

why do we always want to make things "deep" and "special"? return to the first chapter of the diamond sutra. its very simple. "tathagata" = thus come.. just like this..

jesus said he performed "miracles" because people have little faith. they want to see "special".

what more do we want? too straightforward for us means its not complicated enough. so its not deep enough. must not be a true teaching.

but can we just do it?

[studioveradi]

this monk has a long way to go before he can lay claim to "lecturing on the Diamond Sutra", therefore, two things: (1) those of you who did not get much that is "invincible diamond" from his lecture, please don't blame the sutra and don't be discourage; and (2) may his demonstrated devotion to this highest sutra soon bloom for him into true realization.

May all beings, from eggs and from wombs, sentient and non-sentient, with form or formless, all, immediately, enter Nirvana NOW!

[TexasSizzle]

@studioveradi What pray tell is your claim and where do you obviously find fault with him or his interpretation?

[TeoTheLostSoul]

@TexasSizzle

[TeoTheLostSoul]

@TexasSizzle wahahahahwahahhwahha

[simeonbanner]

He's talking basic sense he's just making it accessible I suppose. Christianity is the main religion in Korea and sadly evangelical. By having an American as a monk it is probably quite a shrewd choice, because American culture is viewed in Korea as being meaningful and important so he would be respected. He's also probably capable of talking at a different level to people aware of the lofty and complex doctrines of Buddhism.

[mindful1983]

keyword "Like" a child, not become a child.

I agree he doesnt know much. but he warned us at the start that he doesnt know much. he is after all a zen monk.

[dazamaru]

Because he is only a "zen monk"

There is no wisdom in his words?

Are "zen monks" deficient?

[mindful1983]

well it was more of like a Pun, joke 'he is after all a zen monk'. where in zen , "don't know" is the sorta motto...

I think the talk was also like that bcoz of the audience. maybe since its just a light talk, he simplified the lesson. he gave the child example, w/c isn't literally true, to state a point.

[giantyogurt]

He was not referring to a crying new born baby though.

[Interlingua]

"You never meet a child with sleeping problems." This man has never met a child. It's true that children can often sleep anywhere but equally true that children often have trouble falling asleep. He needs to talk to some mother with a newborn. Given his ignorance of something as basic as this, I really don't think I can trust him to talk about the Diamond Sutra.

[Phys1905]

Thank you for "your" efforts!

[daddiozbenz09]

i have noticed this about a child! there never embarrassed either

[nkaggarwal]

Appeals to layman

[jimanHK]

i will bow to you