ED, Not as serious as a life preserver. Nevertheless, sometimes it has downgraded (or upgraded) to amusing hypocricy. Anthony
--- On Sun, 27/3/11, ED <[email protected]> wrote: From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Why bother with Zazen? To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 27 March, 2011, 9:02 PM Anthony, Have you not found your life-preserver in Zen or Buddhism (and especially Tantra) yet? --ED --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > ED, > > It goes without saying that I was expecting a savior to deliver me to the > Glory of God (and Buddha). > > anthony > Anthony, > What were you expecting from the religions you dabbled in? > --ED > --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu wuasg@ wrote: > > > > Steve, > > > > You say, 'no-one here just happened to sit down in a rather artificial and > > uncomfortable position and start watching his or her breathing? ' > > > > I happened to do that, in part resulting from disappointment with religions. > > > > Anthony > > Hello. I am posting this question in response to the on-going > > back-and-forth concerning what Zen really is. Simply put, why did you take > > up Zen? Did you have an idea in your mind about what you were taking-up and > > why? Surely, no-one here just happened to sit down in a rather artificial > > and uncomfortable position and start watching his or her breathing? > > > > Steve
