[Zen] Re: Life Force creates Forms

2008-01-27 Thread pandabananasock
Maybe you would like to share details of your practice/routine (?) You seem to have very definite ideas of your practice's inspirations and roles in life/advancement. How do you do that voodoo that you do? --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[EMAIL PROTECTE

[Zen] Religion (Spirituality) and Politics

2008-01-27 Thread pandabananasock
Socrates believed wisdom came not from what one knows, but from how much one knows that one does not know. He therefore never entered politics, believing it would be inappropriate for him to make the best decisions on others' behalves when he himself claimed to be unwise and ignorant, knowin

Re: [Zen] Re: Life Force creates Forms

2008-01-27 Thread Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明
Hi Pandabananasock, Yes, our school has very clear, strict, formed way to initiate anyone onto this path of Chan.  It takes about three years to finish the first stage of Chi cultivation, then after that, the practice becomes a formless one by applying what we cultivated in the previous