My focus on presenting Buddhism to you, my Gentle Readers is 'site specific' {site = Sight}. A formal Introduction to Zen can be irritating, in every sense of the word . I once gave THE DEFINITIVE TEXT on Buddhism to a cherished Ally, and when I returned a month later to check on his progress he was exasperated >>> "It's like it's written in a foreign language" . I chimed back, Some of it IS written in a foreign language , it's fucking Sanskrit . He shook his head, "I DON'T want to learn a foreign language". This time I shook MY head, = You don't have to, you just need to be familiar with some of the terms of Buddhism so that you can get a "working vocabulary" --- the concepts are clear unto themselves . {I mean they AREN'T but I felt I had to lie in order to assuage his doubt and discomfort.} I learned a valuable Lesson . Sanskrit ain't for everybody .
The Buddhism I need to Introduce is ZEN Buddhism and specifically this one Definition : Looking inside one's self and the attainment Buddhahood {Enlightenment} . Some of my OLDER American Readers will recognize what follows from Steve Winwood's "Back in the High Life" album/CD = "Look inside your heart, I'll look inside mine" . "Looking inside" is code for penetrating to one's Core, that is, one's Inmost Being . Here it is where the Buddha can be found, that Buddha is the Buddha ALL of have "Inside". "We are, each and every one of us, Buddha" . Christians are slightly no different ; "The Spirit of God resides in ALL of Us" .
OBVIOUSLY one doesn't need to be a Buddhist in order to "Look Inside" . As mentioned above, my DUTY is to "Make people turn toward the Buddha's Teaching" ---- this THIS IS my "Mission" .
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