Chris, What a wimp! Covering his eyes like the monkey because otherwise he can't control his attachment to female breasts!
Edgar On Feb 21, 2013, at 4:43 PM, Chris Austin-Lane wrote: > > I have read several of his books. Struck me as the sort of man I aspire to be. > > I recall one story that has glancing relevance to the current forum topics - > he was telling some friend of his about a practice he had of closing his eyes > when the attractive young women made obeisance (with potentially revealing > clothes on) to him at the beginning or end of dokusan. At the time he was > like 70 or something, and the friend was a bit incredulous- "Surely you > don't need to worry about that now!?!" I can't recall his reply exactly, but > it was along the lines of yes, and you can't be too careful. > > > > --Chris > > Thanks, > --Chris > 301-270-6524 > On Feb 20, 2013 10:01 AM, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Chris, > > You might have liked Aitken Roshi (1917-2010). > > His writings are available. > > See a photo of him at a demonstration or protest he organized in Hawai'i not > long ago, as one of the activities of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship (They > demonstrated every Tuesday in front of the Capitol Building in Honolulu. He > founded the BPF years ago; I think it is now headed by Nelson Foster, Roshi; > we have a chapter here in my town). > > If I can get one of my sometimes un-attachable images to attach... . > > > Do you want me to restore the photo and post it? > > --Chris > >
