Joe, I'm mostly interested in how someone puts what they call 'zen' into practice than how they acquired it. Of course in this medium the only evidence we see is written communication - a very limited medium for demonstrating Buddha Nature.
But I do agree with you that for me zazen (zen meditation) is a cornerstone of all zen teachings. I can't conceive of anyone practicing zen and excluding zazen - but I guess it's possible. It would be like being a Christian but not believing Jesus was the Son of God. You could call yourself a Christian and could in fact be a very good and upright person, but I don't think the majority of your fellow-parishioners would accept you as one of them. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Bill!, > > Ooops! Apologies. I did not mean co-Moderator. I meant/mean _Moderator_ of > the drop-out Corps. Too bad about Edgar! But the water circles down the > drain, given a chance, anti-clockwise in this (N.) hemisphere. > > Do you think I'm being too strong? It's just that all signs show that the > fellow has no experience at all of the continued practice of zazen in daily > life. Thus, no practice. I do not critique him on this, as that's surely a > personal choice to be made in a free society. But such ignorance on display > is, well, incomprehensible in a forum of this nature. > > OK!, on to better things; always. > > Worse things can happen than that a poseur knows nothing about our practice, > while pretending to. > > --Joe > > > > "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote: > > > > Edgar, > > > You are co-moderator of the drop-out Corps. And you ought to be ashamed of > > yourself, on all counts. > ------------------------------------ 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/
