tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post7531885343967724036..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: The Faith/Reason DivideNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-20127086582078875652010-03-12T14:12:14.575-08:002010-03-12T14:12:14.575-08:00I think you're first paragraph said it all. A ...I think you're first paragraph said it all. A good reminder not to talk so much and spend some time being quiet.LuLu3156https://www.blogger.com/profile/13851331908243678310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-17693632788209784262010-03-12T10:47:50.459-08:002010-03-12T10:47:50.459-08:00jmcleod hit it the nail on the head, I think. Fait...jmcleod hit it the nail on the head, I think. Faith in terms of Zen practice, for me at least, means a faith in the methodology, if you can call it that, of our practice, and faith in certain core concepts such as original enlightenment and emptiness...things that reason may or may not be able to touch upon.JZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18015054917209412111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-36388157837486803752010-03-12T05:51:59.505-08:002010-03-12T05:51:59.505-08:00"I guess that ultimately, faith, reason, and ..."I guess that ultimately, faith, reason, and even experience feel like red herrings to me. Fixing yourself to any of these is just another attachment."<br /><br />I like that. We humans can become attached to anything, it seems!spldbchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505641654468777964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-42347298784471384782010-03-12T05:48:32.945-08:002010-03-12T05:48:32.945-08:00"Radical trust." I like that, very much...."Radical trust." I like that, very much. Yes, if I were to talk about faith in my practice - and I don't tend to talk much about faith, because it seems a somewhat awkward word, even if I do experience something akin to it - I would be talking about just that: "radical trust" in the process, in the practice, in my own awakened nature, right here waiting for me, any time I&jmcleod76https://www.blogger.com/profile/17756115118582961551noreply@blogger.com