tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36986548.post7565726647627066334..comments2023-10-21T03:56:17.837-07:00Comments on Zen Buddhism Dogen and the Shobogenzo: Dogen on SectarianismTed Biringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497538623775589400noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36986548.post-7319926007411838672016-04-16T16:28:10.280-07:002016-04-16T16:28:10.280-07:00Hello Tommy,
Of course I remember you – good to h...Hello Tommy,<br /><br />Of course I remember you – good to hear you again.<br /><br />Please see my reply in the main blog page - April 16 (the comment section does not have the capacity for the characters needed).<br /><br />Please treasure yourself.<br />Ted<br />Ted Biringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497538623775589400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36986548.post-81864983021870577792016-03-21T01:24:44.529-07:002016-03-21T01:24:44.529-07:00Hi Ted. Perhaps you remember me from a few comment...Hi Ted. Perhaps you remember me from a few comments and emails last year. I have enjoyed readings your posts since then. A few questions on this one:<br /><br />1. How do you feel about Dogen's contempt for followers of other religions, or people who take up views he finds heretical? It's at least shockingly opposed to the modern spiritual trope that all paths point in the same direction, no? To tip my hand here, whenever I read the Shobogenzo, I find Dogen's extreme contempt for, say, Taoists or lazy people very upsetting and mostly discordant with the profound wisdom evident throughout so much of the text.<br /><br />2. All sayings of Buddhas are expressions of truth, and all true statements are sayings of Buddhas? I think most Buddhists would assent to the first proposition, but I imagine many would at least be suspicious of the second. If this is the case, is Buddhism a form of philosophy? (Or perhaps ~all~ of philosophy ~plus~ something else?) Could you perhaps expand on the equivalence between true statements and words of Buddhas? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11619072414711403833noreply@blogger.com