Comments on: Dogen on Bodhicitta, Kensho, and Enlightened Wisdom http://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=2802 Online Zen and Buddhist Resources - Zen and Buddhist Book Reviews, Texts, Blog, Links, and Information Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:07:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ted Biringer http://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=2802&cpage=1#comment-6182 Ted Biringer Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:16:51 +0000 http://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=2802#comment-6182 Hello anon, You are welcome. Thank You! Peace, Ted Hello anon,

You are welcome. Thank You!

Peace,
Ted

]]> By: anon http://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=2802&cpage=1#comment-6178 anon Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:40:28 +0000 http://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=2802#comment-6178 thank you! thank you!

]]> By: Ted Biringer http://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=2802&cpage=1#comment-6161 Ted Biringer Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:11:56 +0000 http://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=2802#comment-6161 Dear anon, Thank you for writing. Bodhicitta (which means: the "mind of enlightenment," or the "thought of enlighenment," or the "genuine intention to realize enlightenment," or the "sincere vow to liberate all beings") is bodhi ("enlightenment") established with citta ("thinking mind"). While Buddhism uses many different terms for "mind" the term in bodhicitta is used in the context of the mind in three modes, namely: "citta" (the thinking, discriminating mind), "hrdaya" (the "not-thinking" mind of blankness, or non-sentience), and "vrddha" (the "nonthinking" mind which includes and transcends thinking and not-thinking, that is the realized, focused mind of the awakened practitioner). For more on this, see some of what Dogen has to say about it on today's main blog post. Thanks again. Peace, Ted Dear anon,
Thank you for writing.
Bodhicitta (which means: the “mind of enlightenment,” or the “thought of enlighenment,” or the “genuine intention to realize enlightenment,” or the “sincere vow to liberate all beings”) is bodhi (“enlightenment”) established with citta (“thinking mind”).

While Buddhism uses many different terms for “mind” the term in bodhicitta is used in the context of the mind in three modes, namely: “citta” (the thinking, discriminating mind), “hrdaya” (the “not-thinking” mind of blankness, or non-sentience), and “vrddha” (the “nonthinking” mind which includes and transcends thinking and not-thinking, that is the realized, focused mind of the awakened practitioner).

For more on this, see some of what Dogen has to say about it on today’s main blog post.

Thanks again.

Peace,
Ted

]]> By: anon http://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=2802&cpage=1#comment-6145 anon Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:27:34 +0000 http://flatbedsutra.com/flatbedsutrazenblogger/?p=2802#comment-6145 hello! is bodhicitta the sort of thing that arises after intense practice or is it more like when confidence in buddhism becomes overt belief and resolve to set off on the path, at some stage? awakening in the sense of understanding and accepting doctrine. hello! is bodhicitta the sort of thing that arises after intense practice or is it more like when confidence in buddhism becomes overt belief and resolve to set off on the path, at some stage? awakening in the sense of understanding and accepting doctrine.

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