so if things dont exist outside your mind

Cenarious SG

why am i not able to read other peoples mind?

haaaaater SG

i dunno wht ur tryin to say Question

Cenarious SG

then read a "buddhism for dummies"

Cenarious SG

and why are we able to communicate with one another? why doesnt someone disappear from existence totally when i stop thinking about him or her? why were ancient people able to find new continents or new islands? what are conditions? why do conditions function if they dont exist? why am i meeting new people all the time?

An Eternal Now SG

It is not refering to conceptual mind, it is refering to Buddha Nature.

Read: http://buddhism.about.com/od/zen/a/HuangPo.htm

geforce SG

dont think too much and get carried away. later grow white hair.. Mr. Green

An Eternal Now SG

Teacher Chen said wot... everything in Buddhism 'li2 bu4 kai1 Xin1 (Mind) Xing4 (Essence)'

This Xin Xing is not our thoughts, it's Buddha Nature itself.

Samsara and Nirvana is in it. Your thoughts are in it. Everything is in it.

Originally posted by An Eternal Now:
Buddha is Sanskrit for what you call aware, miraculously aware. Responding, perceiving, arching your brows, blinking your eyes, moving your hands and feet, it's all your miraculously aware nature. And this nature is the mind. And the mind is the buddha. And the buddha is the path. And the path is zen. But the word zen is one that remains a puzzle to both mortals and sages. Seeing your nature is zen. Unless you see your nature, it's not zen.

- Bodhidharma

Bodhidharma's Bloodstream Sermon