RE: [Zen] 7th Anniversary of the Zen Forum

2006-06-16 Thread Bill Smart
On Friday, June 16 donald hwong wrote: Hey! A real posting! Thanks Donald. I'm in your debt. My high-speed response follows: With Palms together, With palms spread out over my keyboard, Zen is defined as the universal life force and wisdom. It emcompasses all. Zen is not definable. Any

[Zen] Intro

2006-06-16 Thread enroute05
This is a first posting. I live in a little town in northern New Mexico and have been in Zen practice since the mid 1980s but also have studied and practiced Theravada Buddhism and Vajrayana (mostly in Asia). My introduction to Zen was at New York Zendo in Manhattan and at the upstate Dai

RE: [Zen] 7th Anniversary of the Zen Forum

2006-06-16 Thread donald hwong
It is a relief that we have postings, so that Al will not worry about it. I guess I better continue... I sense the energy and fast fingers of Bill. It is positive. That is wonderful. Since so much is covered by him, we may want to start by focus on just some of the issues, so that we don't get