Hi Rob, Welcome . I would recomend Taking the Path of Zen by Robert Aitkin and The Three Pillars of Zen by Philip Kapleau Roshi. Three pillars is a more in depth book and goes into greater detail , explaining both Shikantaza ( Just sitting) and Koan introspection. Some other good books are
On Tuesday, August 01, 2006 7:46 AM buddhadordenma wrote:
>Currently a 169ft tall Shakyamuni Statue is being built in the
>Kingdom of Bhutan
I'd suggest Bhutan consider a smaller statue and more political and economic
freedom for its people.
..Bill!
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On Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:20 AM Rob wrote:
>Does anyone have any suggestions about where to start?
Hi Rob. (Don't we already have a Rob? Guess not...)
My suggestion is throw away all your books, especially books about zen and
Buddhism, and seek out a competent teacher (with the emphasis on
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Smart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:20 AM Rob wrote:
> >Does anyone have any suggestions about where to start?
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> Hi Rob. (Don't we already have a Rob? Guess not...)
>
> My suggestion is throw away all your books, especial
On Wednesday, August 02, 2006 dkotschessa wrote:
>Have you thrown away all your books, Bill?
No. I sit on them when I do zazen.
What would you do if you wanted to learn to swim? Would you go down to the
library and checkout a bunch of books on swimming? Or would you locate a
swimming pool
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> On Wednesday, August 02, 2006 dkotschessa wrote:
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> >Have you thrown away all your books, Bill?
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> No.
That's what I figured.
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I love this forum. It is really fun. Every post is direct. There is no pretense. Yet every post is correct. And every post shows the notions of the mind, sentiment of the poster. So here I go. Jumping into the pool.If I was Rob, I would ask, what is "competent"? How would I know I would be
With all due respect, I'm always a little leery every time someone says "throw out your books" because (quite frankly) they usually read that in a book somewhere themselves, found it catchy, and want to share that wisdom with the world.
Throwing out your books may be the best thing to do for
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> With all due respect, I'm always a little leery every time someone
says
> "throw out your books" because (quite frankly) they usually read
that in a
> book somewhere themselves, found it catchy, and want to share t
That's what I'd do if I wanted to be "a perfect swimmer", or "the best
swimmer".
To be "a good swimmer" I'd just learn it some, practice it some, enjoy
it some, and maybe even apply it some.
Regards,
Kahty
On 8/2/06, dkotschessa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> And if you wanted to be a good swim
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, kahtychen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> That's what I'd do if I wanted to be "a perfect swimmer", or "the
best
> swimmer".
> To be "a good swimmer" I'd just learn it some, practice it some,
enjoy
> it some, and maybe even apply it some.
>
> Regards,
> Kahty
It
Right.
OR, we might just read a book on swimming and decide we never wanted to go swimming in the first place, and save ourselves a bunch of time and money for learn-to-swim arm floats with Wally the Walrus logo ($3.99 plus shipping on ebay) and/or "lessons" we would have otherwise taken and m
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> Right.
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> OR, we might just read a book on swimming and decide we never
wanted to go
> swimming in the first place, and save ourselves a bunch of time and
money
> for learn-to-swim arm floats with Wally the Walru
When is "swimming" separate from "enlightened"?
Regards,
Kahty
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