Cohen never claimed to be a Christian and it is as he understands it. He’s wrong fine but it’s an interesting view and I for one am glad to hear it thanks for posting
That Leonard Cohen has a head on his shoulders. That's good when many heads these days are stuck somewhere else. "Summoning the heart to comprehend its own suffering by dissolving itself in a radical confession of hospitality." Wow.
This tracks with his Buddhism. He's trying to speak from a place of compassion, NOT AS a Buddhist. He's using the Judeo-Christian terms he's been subjected to/thought-through to make a splendid, non-Buddhist point that his interlocutor can grapple with. (Buddhists also don't believe that, from the standpoint of praxis/dharma, stupidity is more of a hindrance from making life less sucky than great intellect is.) 'Hospitality' is a lovely way to attempt a translation of active acceptance in the present moment through zazen, and I'll eat my shoe if Cohen wasn't aware of its use in Judeo-Marxism, e.g. Derrida.
That is a twisted view. Christ Jesus never leaves or forsakes those born again, He doesn't come and go. We don't develop a grace filled heart and then He abides in it, He is Grace and we abide in Him and in His word. He is our peace, not as the world gives. The church (organizational enterprise) is His body, the gates of hell will not prevail against it. Christ Jesus isn't a sentimental feeling but Lord of Lords and King of kings who willingly laid down His life and was resurrected the third day. One must deny oneself, pick ip their cross and follow Him, He is our rest from our self righteous works. But I suspect this is a page of progressive unbelief to view what Christ has done through an unbeliever and take that as some sort of truth. That's sad, tragic and painful to see people being led astray by Dark
Those sentences give the impression that Leonard Cohen was a follower of Christianity. But he had been a Zen Buddhist monk for many years.
Cohen never claimed to be a Christian and it is as he understands it. He’s wrong fine but it’s an interesting view and I for one am glad to hear it thanks for posting
Love it. But who is Seth? When did this conversation with the Bard take place and can we have a credible source?
What does 'dissolving the heart in a radical confession of hospitality' look like in practice?
That Leonard Cohen has a head on his shoulders. That's good when many heads these days are stuck somewhere else. "Summoning the heart to comprehend its own suffering by dissolving itself in a radical confession of hospitality." Wow.
One of the most profound statements I've read. Download. File. Keep.
This tracks with his Buddhism. He's trying to speak from a place of compassion, NOT AS a Buddhist. He's using the Judeo-Christian terms he's been subjected to/thought-through to make a splendid, non-Buddhist point that his interlocutor can grapple with. (Buddhists also don't believe that, from the standpoint of praxis/dharma, stupidity is more of a hindrance from making life less sucky than great intellect is.) 'Hospitality' is a lovely way to attempt a translation of active acceptance in the present moment through zazen, and I'll eat my shoe if Cohen wasn't aware of its use in Judeo-Marxism, e.g. Derrida.
That is a twisted view. Christ Jesus never leaves or forsakes those born again, He doesn't come and go. We don't develop a grace filled heart and then He abides in it, He is Grace and we abide in Him and in His word. He is our peace, not as the world gives. The church (organizational enterprise) is His body, the gates of hell will not prevail against it. Christ Jesus isn't a sentimental feeling but Lord of Lords and King of kings who willingly laid down His life and was resurrected the third day. One must deny oneself, pick ip their cross and follow Him, He is our rest from our self righteous works. But I suspect this is a page of progressive unbelief to view what Christ has done through an unbeliever and take that as some sort of truth. That's sad, tragic and painful to see people being led astray by Dark