It may dismay you, but unfortunately I cannot know what you were thinking my friend.

This is from John 4 (the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well)

19"Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet. 20Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem."

21Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."

25The woman said, "I know that Messiah" (called Christ) "is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us."

26Then Jesus declared, "I who speak to you am he."

And some confuse metaphyics with tea leaves, incantations and bubble,bubble toil and trouble.

is that the only time in the new testament lsc -

I guess I'm not exactly sure what you're asking about. Are you looking for times where he explicitly uses the word Christ/Messiah, times where he makes claims to being the Son of God, or something else?

Jesus is the functional equivalent of Yoda.

Jesus would never have to settle for a draw in a lightsaber duel with Count Dooku

Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.

"All generous thought is threatened by its own Stalinism."

trolling?

No.

It is my interpretation of the implication of your assertions.

The observations might be subversive but not trollish.

"Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis."

Digger, do you just not want people to understand what you are talking about?

My fellow traveller, Where do you need clarification?

Oh no. Buddhist scripture would fill a very large library. There is a simply stunning amount of scripture.

how about just start with a point. You made a lot of random quotes and quips up there--what are you trying to say?

The Blue Cliff Record is not considered scripture afaik.

This is most likely because there is no unified belief system in buddhism. Its a matter of definition.

Most were comments using quotes.

DiggertheDog,

**** off.

amp

but is it considered part of the canon?

*I suppose probably not

it seems canonical enough though

**and it would certainly have to be considered part of the Zen Canon....

Unity of thought is important?

.

Why?

according to organized religion, unity of BELIEF is.