Kris, Bloody contrarian! Ok, well, if you see the practice of watching how bodily sensations affect the mind compares to "self-mortification as a penance in order to free former transgressions from the soul so that it rises to bliss and merges with Brahma", then they are. To you, anyway.
Mike ________________________________ From: Kristopher Grey <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 17:49 Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Pain & Pleasure On 9/12/2012 7:03 AM, mike brown wrote: > not similar to ascetic practice at all OK, purposely sitting with pain to gain insight's not similar at all. Thanks for your clear example. KG PS - Personally, the 'Suture Sutra' has always had me in stitches!
