Hi Mayka, A real 4 legged animal red fox. Much more enlightening than a visit by a human zenster! :-)
Edgar On Sep 2, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Maria Lopez wrote: > Edgar; > A real four legs animal or something else? > Mayka > > > --- On Thu, 1/9/11, Edgar Owen <edgaro...@att.net> wrote: > > From: Edgar Owen <edgaro...@att.net> > Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Mahayana > To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com > Date: Thursday, 1 September, 2011, 23:08 > > > I feed a fox every day at my door.... He should be here soon.... > > Edgar > > > > On Sep 1, 2011, at 5:58 PM, Anthony Wu wrote: > >> >> Mayka, >> >> Do you give food to foxes? You must, because you may run into Bill or me. >> >> Anthony >> >> --- On Thu, 1/9/11, Maria Lopez <flordel...@btinternet.com> wrote: >> >> From: Maria Lopez <flordel...@btinternet.com> >> Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Mahayana >> To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com >> Date: Thursday, 1 September, 2011, 11:39 PM >> >> >> Bill; >> Can you give a description and give an example of the way you incorporate >> Buddha Mind in your daily active life? Is it Buddha Mind applied in daily >> activities the same as mindfulness?. This is to verify if are the same >> thing or there is something different. >> >> My practice is similar to yours with the difference that sitting down or >> zazen sessions lack of your daily discipline and there are days still of >> zero sitting down. I make up a bit with it with the applicationof >> mindfulness in different activities during the day such as walking in the >> park, giving food to the birds once a week after collecting hard bread for >> them. Birds are very grateful for that specially in winter time. While >> awakening in the morning, leaving my bed, going to the bath, brushing my >> teeth, shower and all the rest of toilette time including the one of >> evacuating. I've also train myself in the use reminders such as the ring of >> phone. As soon as I hear the first ring Instead of picking it up >> immediately I stop and use my conscious breathing and pick up the phone at >> the third ring. Other bell reminder are the traffic lights. As soon as I >> see red it brings me back to my conscious breathing till it changes to >> green...etc. >> >> Mayka >> >> >> --- On Thu, 1/9/11, Bill! <billsm...@hhs1963.org> wrote: >> >> From: Bill! <billsm...@hhs1963.org> >> Subject: [Zen] Re: Mahayana >> To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com >> Date: Thursday, 1 September, 2011, 2:42 >> >> >> JMJM, >> >> I do consider zen my practice. >> >> I acknowledge that most people classify it as a subset/sect of Mahayana >> Buddhism, but I do not consider zen a subset of or co-dependent on Buddhism. >> In fact I consider zen the core Buddhism was built around - like a >> cultural-specific presetation layer. >> >> I can't speak for those that consider themselves Mahayana Buddhists, but my >> practice consists of shikantaza (clear-mind meditation) which is usually >> associated with zazen (seated meditation) but can be practiced any where at >> any time under any conditions. I sometimes refer to that state of clear-mind >> (or no-mind) as 'Buddha Mind'. My personal practice is to incorporate Buddha >> Mind more and more into my daily life. >> >> The core teaching of my zen practice is 'Just THIS!. >> >> ...Bill! >> >> --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 >> <chan.jmjm@...> wrote: >> > >> > Dear Forum, >> > >> > Do you consider "Zen/zen/your practice" a Mahayana practice? If so, how >> > does Mahayana actually practice? What is its core teaching? >> > >> > Thank you in advance, jm >> > >> > -- >> > Learn the Basics of Chan Meditation... >> > http://www.chan-meditation.org >> > Chan in everyday life... >> > http://www.chanliving.org >> > To be enlightened in this life... >> > http://www.heartchan.org >> > To save our world... >> > http://www.universal-oneness.org >> > >> > >
