Re: [Zen] Directional pull?

2006-11-17 Thread curt
Zen Master Seung Sahn (who was my teacher's teacher) was also a Feng Shui master. Seung Sahn was asked to use his Feng Shui skills to determine auspicious locations for the remains of both Chogyam Trunpa Rinpoche and Shunryu Suzuki Roshi after they died. While many people today think of Feng

RE: [Zen] Directional pull?

2006-11-17 Thread Bill Smart
On Friday, November 17 Mrs. JDK wrote: My question to all is: Is there a directional pull on this planet when it comes to faceing when you meditate? There are all kinds of 'directional pulls' on this planet: gravitational, electromagnetic and perhaps even some kinds of physic or metaphysical

RE: [Zen] Directional pull?

2006-11-17 Thread Bill Smart
Sorry for the botched and then duplicate postings. There must have been some kind of cyber-pull on my MS Outlook. From now on I'll post facing the opposite direction...Bill! Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today! Yahoo! Groups

Re: [Zen] Directional pull?

2006-11-17 Thread curt
Al wrote: From: curt Buddhist Temples are usually east-facing. Isn't that primarily due to an ethno-centric belief that the East is the cradle of Buddhism, God, and everything else that is good and holy? I think it's more helio-centric than ethno-centric. - Curt Current Book

Re: [Zen] Zen Teaching On Meditation audio NEW SUBJ: UPDATED LINKS

2006-11-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here are the links again. Perhaps I accidentally gave you my own link. There should be no sign ups or anything like that. I am just sharing something of value from a series I produce. Sorry about that. And hey thank you for saying that the link didn't work for you. No one else told me! 1.

[Zen] Dalai Lama At The U of Buffalo

2006-11-17 Thread donald hwong
In case you are interested. It is about two hours long. http://www.buffalo.edu/dalai_lama/video.html?6 I thank Billy, one of our practitioners at Univ of Buffalo, to forward this to my attention. Donald - Sponsored Link Mortgage rates near 39yr lows.

Re: [Zen] Rare Zen Book for sale

2006-11-17 Thread Al
From: Harvey So Daiho Hilbert Hello All, Some of you may know this book. It is rare and quite valuable. A friend has placed on eBay for sale. Link below: Why is it rare and quite valuable? How about talking it up for your pal? Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have