Buddhist blogging and on-line stuff seems to get soooooo serious. At least, I seem to get caught up in these quasi- and virtual realities. Discussing practice is one thing, living it is another. Even though these are intimately related and are expressions of each other.I ended up during the Christmas break spending way too many hours on-line, discussing all sorts of subjects on a Buddhist internet forum. Tempers got aroused - even some teachers allowed themselves to get drawn in to the heat of things. Easy to see that we all are just people... practicing...
One of my concerns about starting a blog (or even answering questions or commenting in a forum) was observing "right speech". Who is this about? What influence will my words and pictures have on people who visit? How do Bodhidharma's words:
A special transmission outside the scriptures,fit with my even trying to formulate anything at all about Buddhism?
Not founded upon words and letters;
Pointing directly to the mind,
Seeing into one's true nature and thus attaining Buddhahood.
Anybody want to help me here?
