M,br/br/I began practicing Zen 10 years, or so, ago. I discovered Vipassana
meditation about 5 years ago. I have found that Vipassana explains things that
Zen leaves empty (pun noted). My (Zen) practice has deepened considerably since
discovering Vipassana and one of the factors is focusing on
Bill!,br/br/Would you say that when you are in shikantaza that you are also
in samadhi?br/br/Mikebr/br/br/Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad
Mike and M,
Counting breaths (and chanting, bowing, koans, etc...) are just techniques used
to focus the mind on repetitive thoughts to the point where it shuts down
(usually out of boredom) which allows the experience of Buddha Nature.
Any way you can halt the creation of dualism
Mike,
Yes, I just posted something about that. To me they are the same: samadhi and
shikantaza.
Wikipedia defines 'samadhi' as a non-dualistic state of consciousness in which
the consciousness of the experiencing subject becomes one with the experienced
object which is a pretty good
Bill,
Bore yourself into enlightenment?
That's a new one!
Edgar
On Jul 30, 2013, at 4:02 AM, Bill! wrote:
Mike and M,
Counting breaths (and chanting, bowing, koans, etc...) are just techniques
used to focus the mind on repetitive thoughts to the point where it shuts
down (usually
Dear all,
I have doubts on Ramana Teachings, can anyone clarify me on this?
Read below the extract from A SADHU’S REMINISCENCES and NAAN YAAR (Who am I)
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D: Will there not be
Dear all,
The most delighted words of Ramana by me.
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Without yielding to the doubt Is it possible, or not?, one should
persistently hold on to the meditation on the Self. Even if one be
Bill!,br/br/If you have time, take a look at this 1995 newsletter from Chan
Center.
br/br/http://chancenter.org/cmc/1995/02/01/shikantaza-and-silent-illumination/br/br/Mikebr/br/br/br/Sent
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Bore yourself with the dualistic productions, seems useful to me.
Thanks,
--Chris
301-270-6524
On Jul 30, 2013 3:28 AM, Edgar Owen edgaro...@att.net wrote:
Bill,
Bore yourself into enlightenment?
That's a new one!
Edgar
On Jul 30, 2013, at 4:02 AM, Bill! wrote:
Mike and M,
I am new to the Zen Forum and have not heard of this author, but now I am
interested in reading more.
Thank you very much
M
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:17 AM, SURESH JAGADEESAN varam...@gmail.comwrote:
Dear all,
The most delighted words of Ramana by me.
My dad read breakdown of the bicameral mind when I was a kid, but talked so
much about it I always believed I had a sufficient grasp of the contents.
I rather enjoyed Zen and the Art of Archery, tho I have also read this
critique:
Yeah sorry that should be AYPsite.com, my fault. Thanks for the book
titles, I'll look for them.
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 9:40 PM, Chris Austin-Lane ch...@austin-lane.netwrote:
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My dad read breakdown of the bicameral mind when I was a kid, but talked
so much about it I always believed I
Mike,
I did read this newsletter and thought it was excellent!
The only exception I would have with it is its claim that When the method of
silent illumination was taken to Japan it was changed somewhat. The name given
to it, just sitting, means just paying attention to sitting or just keeping
Edgar,
By 'boredom' I mean that the intellect (aka 'monkey mind') has become bored by
repetitive thoughts or exhausted itself trying to 'figure out' a koan, and
finally shuts down. I use the term 'quiesce' to describe this which means to
cease functioning temporarily, but can be restarted.
I too went to the ChanCenter and also enjoyed many readings today.
I don't know where I found the following link,
http://amidatrust.ning.com/
but they were offering a link to a free kindle book from amazon called
'Not Everything is Impermanent' by Dharmavidya David Brazier.
I was too late to
M,
Ramana writes from a Hindu perspective so when reading books like this you will
have to wade through a lot of Hindu terminology. Theoretically he is writing
about the same experience as we discuss in zen: awakening, Buddha Nature.
I find some of it very interesting and helps me see a
I did not put the name Ramana to the popular maharishi I knew of in the
60's. As I noted to Suresh in a later post, Ramana was very popular with
rock stars, movie stars and the youth of the decade and even though I
stopped and read a little about Ramana while I was younger, I was more
interested
I also found an article on Tricycle
http://www.tricycle.com/feature/joy-effort
by Thanissaro Bhikkhu, titled The Joy of Effort.
From the website article:
Now, the Buddha wasn’t telling Rahula to become a passive clod of dirt. He
was teaching Rahula to be grounded, to develop his powers of
yes i have books here on my shelf by watts from my early 20's..the days of
wine and roses..the salad days..merle
I did not put the name Ramana to the popular maharishi I knew of in the 60's.
As I noted to Suresh in a later post, Ramana was very popular with rock stars,
movie stars and
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