Joe, Tell us more about your "taking [your] samadhi or its aftermath up off the floor and into activity"....
Edgar On Mar 22, 2013, at 8:57 PM, Joe wrote: > Mike, > > Zen training contains all sorts of practical work. Most of it is to give us > experience with taking our samadhi or its aftermath up off the floor and into > activity. We get a LOT of training in that. I like to say that only about > 1/13th of Zen training is Zazen. ;-) > > The indispensable 1/13th-part. > > Surely I advocate for the Zen way, in this Zen forum. And I say that insight > is not enough for a Zen person. A Zen person, in the first place, is not > practicing for insight. And insight is not in the name of (any of) our > practice(s). > > When everything stops, there is no insight. Wisdom and compassion arise in > accord with circumstances. We do our daily work and do not create loose ends > and dangling karma. That's all I know about this! > > --Joe > > > uerusuboyo@... wrote: > > > > <br/>Joe,<br/><br/>No insult taken! <br/><br/>Yes, of course. If insight is > > left on the cushion and not integrated into daily life then it's not true > > insight. Same with satori, I would think. <br/><br/>Remember, Vipassana is > > simply insight into impermanence and cause and effect. Everything else > > flows from that. But it's not the same as the insight a physicist would > > have - it's experienced. And experienced in this body/mind, so taken where > > ever this body/mind is whether on the mat, doing the dishes, taking a dump > > etc. <br/><br/>To be at that place beyond cause and effect (karma, if you > > like) and conditions is Nirvana. It can be realised now in this very > > lifetime and there are many paths that can lead us to where we already are. > > Yours is just one. <br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone > > > >
