Edgar and Joe, Where did you get the idea that 'zen practitioners' are predominately passive?
...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Edgar, > > Welcome home! > > Right. > > And if you knew Aitken Roshi, you'd be exhausted by now even just FOLLOWING > the activism that he engaged in, much less participating in it with him. ;-) > > But I don't know where the notion of passivity of/as Zen practitioners comes > from, which you mention. That may be the outsiders' view, due to "media" > lack of understanding, going just one half millimeter deep; but it's not the > view from the inside / our side. As you know! > > Whatever's necessary is what GOES. Look out, passivists, and paci-fists. > Here come REAL Fists! We are the true kung-fu. ;-) > > Nihilism is knee-hilism: Not in MY "zen"! ;-) > > Zen-mind operates in a way opposite to "total passivity and nihilism'; never > heard of such baloney / bullshit before now, in all my life. It is the > Life-of-Life, instead; and not a sickly concept. Again, you know. > > Just agreeing with you. > > --Joe > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote: > > > > Merle, > > > > Absolutely admirable! > > > > In spite of what some would have us believe Zen does not require total > > passivity and nihilism. > ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
