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The value of religious practice is often difficult to assess from the outside. And it is often more entertaining to argue with/against people that you agree 90% on compared to arguing with/against people that you only agree 10% on. Personally, I find that the experience of zazen helps me move towards an attitude like: "I am human, I consider nothing human alien to me." At least until another human comes into the room :) --Chris On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:48 PM, DP <wookielife...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > I have a strange feeling towards other Buddhist traditions. While I find > interesting messages in reading about Christianity or even Islam and Judaism > (Hinduism I find too alien, although I love some of the imagery and > mythology), I have a sort of block against other Buddhist traditions. I can > admire somone like the The Dalai Lama, but I find Tibetan Buddhism too > esoteric. I have had a few negative experiences on chat boards with other > Buddhists in Theravada and Vajranaya traditions, where they even denigrated > Zen. Does anyone else find that other Buddhist traditions seem odder to them > than traditions outside Buddhism? > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: zen_forum-dig...@yahoogroups.com zen_forum-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zen_forum-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/