Yes, I have been reading zen and eastern thinking material again. I have a question from my readings...... Buddha thinks we have a pure mind, I don't think I buy that.

My first initial response was "what about Hitler, Saddam, Mussolini? They definitely didn't have pure mninds, but it was quickly pointed out to me that all my examples I used are insane....... OK, so that brings me back to the original thought... I disagree with Buddha, I don't think we have pure minds as adults, we have our upbringing, our conditioning. As children our minds are pure but living life and growing into adults somehow most of us lost our purity of mind. Now if you'd like, you can stop reading cause I have been imbibing Sangria this evening. I'm not used to drinking ewine, I'm a wimp when it comes to wine. So if you're hoping for some brilliant answer to my question, I don't have anything more to say on the subject as all my words just dried up.

Pam