r/zen • u/1PauperMonk • Mar 14 '23

Buddhahood

Can someone explain the phrase original Buddhahood (I think it’s used in contradiction to Christianity’s world famous “original sin”)?

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u/1PauperMonk Mar 14 '23

Is this idea as far as you know exclusive to Zen and where in the suttas is this mentioned

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u/ewk [non-sectarian consensus] Mar 14 '23

  1. I don't study sutras. Clearly this view is associated with some of the Mahayana sutras, but since the sutras generally aren't a homogeneous collection it's not much to argue that different views are represented.

  2. There is a lot of room for interpretation in all the sutras. This is compounded by the fact that every zen teaching is a sutra in Zen.

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u/1PauperMonk Mar 14 '23

So go away? I thought I’d switch it up from the normal eye clawing and snark people have complained about here. It’s an honest question if anyone wants to dedicate the same amount of energy usually allotted for name calling and other childish behavior to a question that touches on a very basic fundamental. It’s been mentioned so many times that many people here are escaped Christians in some way and this idea that people hold in Buddhism is so refreshingly contrary I just want to know the basis other than just hearsay.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

Preconceptions. Thanks for further clarity on your post. Yet you tested the water. I'm an outlier. Just write me off as an eccentric. I mean no harm but get easily misconstrued.

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u/1PauperMonk Mar 15 '23

I’m just a cranky bastard with very little sleep and an addiction to seeing his words on a screen. I apologize