Hi Joe, I enjoy Ramana Maharshi and his student Nisargadatta Maharaj's teachings. I guess it's cherry-picking (something I don't like others to do..), but sometimes their words make me awake to 'awareness' in a completely different way to Zen. I also find them similar to Zen in regard to their playfulness with language and their amusement at our entrapment in words. Funnily enough, my own Roshi is from Robert Aitken's lineage.
Mike --- On Tue, 12/6/12, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: From: Joe <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] : self To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 12 June, 2012, 12:35 Mike, Howdy, again. "Koolaid" makes me chuckle; years since I heard the word. (Nah, switched to the bubbly long ago, here, BTW). ;-) But I must say, though, my first two teachers, at least via their writings, were Hindu: Swami Muktananda; Sri Ramana Maharshi (his practice was more like zen sitting); then, The Sufi Order in the West (of Hazrat Inayat Khan); then, years of intensive Hatha Yoga practice, with some sitting; then, Ch'an Master Sheng Yen (Ch'an sitting, and physical practices). A few other Zen teachers also, via short or long visitations, but with minor involvement compared with my main teacher, Shifu Sheng Yen (deceased): Maezumi Roshi (deceased); Bernie Glassman Roshi; John Daido Loori Roshi (deceased); Robert Aitken Roshi (deceased); Pat Hawk Roshi (deceased). Strong practice!, --Joe > mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > Geez, I guess you never stopped drinking the koolaid...
