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2012-04-23 Thread Edgar Owen
I'd like to welcome Merle to the group who is known to me from another list Merle lives in Australia Welcome Merle and don't hesitate to post. You will find at least several well informed members here who will be happy to discuss Zen with you. Edgar co-moderator

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2010-12-01 Thread Healthyplay1
Subject: RE: [Zen] New Member Bill, You are saying that after realizing Buddha nature there is business as usual? In other words, after ridding myself of illusions, I can enjoy orgy house? You are welcome there too. Anthony --- On Tue, 30/11/10, billsm...@... billsm...@... wrote

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2010-12-01 Thread Anthony Wu
perliament recently. That wasn't an illusion.   Anthony --- On Thu, 2/12/10, Healthyplay1 healthypl...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Healthyplay1 healthypl...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, 2 December, 2010, 3:54 AM   Bill/ Anthony, As JK wrote

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2010-11-30 Thread BillSmart
Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member   Bill, Sitting can calm the mind and make it more receptive to the Teachings (of the Buddha); and living by these Teachings will drastically curtail the creation of new turmoil in the mind. It is not at all clear whether realizing Buddha Nature can augment one's

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2010-11-30 Thread ED
Bill, We are in agreement. One small point: The 'concept' of self makes the world go round - for better and for worse - and calling it 'illusory' does not detract from its overwhelmingly stupendous power in the world. My position on Zen is: It has been very precious to me. My belief is that

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2010-11-30 Thread Chris Austin-Lane
On Nov 29, 2010, at 16:01, ED seacrofter...@yahoo.com wrote: Our society, being what it is, stress, excitement and agitation are the usual state of the mind. I was not disputing how much life is pervasively unsatisfying, but that calming the mind is a matter of doing.  It is a matter of

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2010-11-30 Thread ED
'wei wu wei: action without action or effortless doing' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_wei http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_wei --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Chris Austin-Lane ch...@... wrote: I was not disputing how much life is pervasively unsatisfying, but that calming the mind is

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2010-11-30 Thread Anthony Wu
, Lluís Mendieta lme...@intermail.es wrote: From: Lluís Mendieta lme...@intermail.es Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, 30 November, 2010, 6:29 AM    Hi, Anthony   It will be very well Mahayana, but I have always read that we will be not complete till

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2010-11-30 Thread Anthony Wu
ED,   I am just expanding your question: will there be profound changes after realizing Buddha nature? Or just business as usual?   Anthony --- On Tue, 30/11/10, ED seacrofter...@yahoo.com wrote: From: ED seacrofter...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date

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2010-11-29 Thread ED
Bill, Sitting can calm the mind and make it more receptive to the Teachings (of the Buddha); and living by these Teachings will drastically curtail the creation of new turmoil in the mind. It is not at all clear whether realizing Buddha Nature can augment one's

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2010-11-29 Thread ED
(Corrected) Bill, Sitting can calm the mind and make it more receptive to Teachings (of the Buddha); and living by these Teachings will drastically curtail the creation of new turmoil in the mind. It is not at all clear whether realizing Buddha Nature can augment one's

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2010-11-29 Thread Anthony Wu
Nor does it change human nature on greed, aversion and delusion that lead to killing, lying, robbing and raping?   Anthony --- On Mon, 29/11/10, ED seacrofter...@yahoo.com wrote: From: ED seacrofter...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, 29

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2010-11-29 Thread Chris Austin-Lane
One slight quibble I have with this. I think calmness is the natural state of the mind, and sitting allows that to be seen. The mind becomes calm when people stop ruffling it up, not when people calm it. On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 6:16 AM, ED seacrofter...@yahoo.com wrote: Sitting can calm the

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2010-11-29 Thread ED
What is your point? --ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Anthony Wu wu...@... wrote: Nor does it change human nature on greed, aversion and delusion that lead to killing, lying, robbing and raping? Anthony Current Book Discussion: any Zen book

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2010-11-28 Thread ED
Chris, Do you not believe that there *is* merit in discussing various possible motivations for Zen practice, and what we hope to gain from it for ourelves and/or for humankind (if anything at all?) Thanks, ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, ChrisAustinLane ch...@... wrote: Pardon my

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2010-11-28 Thread ChrisAustinLane
On Nov 28, 2010, at 7:33 AM, Lana M. Gibbons lana.m.gibb...@gmail.com wrote: Isn't doing anything for gain (even good gain) contrary to Zen in the first place? I would say that the effort to achieve results is more likely to crinkle up your mind than to allow you to stop doing the things

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2010-11-28 Thread Chris Austin-Lane
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Rose P things_r...@yahoo.com wrote: The 'why' seems to me to be a very important question, esp for beginners like me who are looking for some sort of inspiration (totally not the right word, but don't have a better one) from those who have been practicing a

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2010-11-28 Thread BillSmart
...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ED Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 11:34 PM To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member     Bill, That may well be the case. Does it automatically follow that others ought to spend enormous amounts of time and energy attempting to attain the same

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2010-11-28 Thread ED
Bill, Exactly! In my case, a long time ago I was in great mental suffering and confusion. I accidentally discovered Zen literature and took to it. I did group zazen and private Zazen and enjoyed both - as well as the chanting, rituals, discipline and non-rational stories. Therefore, if anyone

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2010-11-28 Thread ED
Chris, Thank you so much for this gift of yourself from you to us. --ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Chris Austin-Lane ch...@... wrote: On Sun, Nov 28, 2010, Rose P wrote: The 'why' seems to me to be a very important question, esp for beginners like me who are looking for some

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2010-11-28 Thread BillSmart
@yahoogroups.com [mailto:zen_fo...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ED Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 8:46 AM To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member   Bill, Exactly!  In my case, a long time ago I was in great mental suffering and confusion. I accidentally discovered Zen

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2010-11-27 Thread ED
Bill, That may well be the case. Does it automatically follow that others ought to spend enormous amounts of time and energy attempting to attain the same mind-state, and if so, why? --ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, billsm...@... wrote: Ed, I am convinced that I have met,

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2010-11-27 Thread ChrisAustinLane
Pardon my intrusion into this interchange, but I strongly feel that why is a question each person must wrestle with for themselves. You seem to have an intellect very activated with a lot of questions with a lot of energy behind them. If you are content with that way of living, and it seems

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2010-11-26 Thread Maria Lopez
.  Only by looking into oneselves we can see what really is in us. Mayka  --- On Thu, 25/11/10, Lana M. Gibbons lana.m.gibb...@gmail.com wrote: From: Lana M. Gibbons lana.m.gibb...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, 25 November, 2010, 18:43

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2010-11-26 Thread BillSmart
: Re: [Zen] New Member   Bill, How would one recognize a Buddha Mind in the real world? Has there been or is there any roshi  in America who has been an exemplar on how to manifest Buddha Nature in the real world? --ED    --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, billsm...@... wrote: Lana

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2010-11-25 Thread Lana M. Gibbons
Yes. I have been privileged to have access to something that when I've tried to explain what it is, comes out very techno-babble (I work in computers). I've referred to it as a server cluster of minds - a cluster is a setup in which computers share spare resources to communally think on the same

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2010-11-25 Thread Lana M. Gibbons
This is the very issue - to be Zen is to be frozen, cold, selfish to those who are still stuck in dualism. They can not fathom, in their context of the world, that it is possible for someone to believe/support/accept/embody polar opposites. They do not realize the best compassion is given

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2010-11-25 Thread Lana M. Gibbons
[Bill!] Why does this attitude of other people make you sad? If what you say is true then your very life is providing them with an example of a content human being. You can do no more unless they specifically ask you for guidance. Because they can not understand I am (usually) content.

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2010-11-25 Thread Lana M. Gibbons
For me the issue is not location, it has nothing to do with noise or hustle-bustle. It has to do with non-superficial interaction with people, which I guess in and of itself is the issue because that is not the Way. Thank you for the realization. -Lana We are here to add what we can to life,

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2010-11-25 Thread Lana M. Gibbons
In my experience, there is an innate knowing when encountering another person currently occupying the same mind as you do. -Lana We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life. - William Osler On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 8:06 PM, ED seacrofter...@yahoo.com wrote: Bill,

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2010-11-25 Thread ED
Anthony, A human succeeds in fulfilling the three essential goals of 'eat, survive , reproduce' is due to the power of his 'ego' to focus on them. --ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Anthony Wu wu...@... wrote: ED, You say: if babies had no egos, the only babies who survived for

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2010-11-25 Thread ChrisAustinLane
Babies do not split life into self and other. Also they do not get distracted by abstract worries. They are fully present in the moment. They are not much concerned with stuff outside of their own internal needs, but that is appropriate. Thanks, Chris Austin-Lane Sent from a cell phone On

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2010-11-25 Thread ChrisAustinLane
It is very easy to feel there is no difference between self and other while alone, whether under a tree outside or in a server room. Maintaining that understanding while a person that knows you well and is really mad at you and is in some conflict with you is a different challenge. I

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2010-11-25 Thread Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明
Perhaps Chris is trying to say that our sufferings are often caused by having expectations of others, while babies do not.Our job in this life is to practice Six Act of Perfection without expectation. :-) Be Enlightened In This Life - We ALL Can http://chanjmjm.blogspot.com

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2010-11-25 Thread Maria Lopez
Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, 25 November, 2010, 11:06   This is the very issue - to be Zen is to be frozen, cold, selfish to those who are still stuck in dualism.  They can not fathom, in their context of the world, that it is possible for someone

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2010-11-25 Thread Lana M. Gibbons
There is a difference between being cold and being thought of as cold. -Lana We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life. - William Osler On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Maria Lopez flordel...@btinternet.comwrote: *Lana:* *Yes, you have a point

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2010-11-25 Thread Lana M. Gibbons
I have no one that knows me well. -Lana We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life. - William Osler On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 8:48 AM, ChrisAustinLane ch...@austin-lane.netwrote: It is very easy to feel there is no difference between self and other while

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2010-11-25 Thread Anthony Wu
Chris,   You are saying babies are good zen practitioners. As Jodi said, dogs are as well.   Anthony --- On Thu, 25/11/10, ChrisAustinLane ch...@austin-lane.net wrote: From: ChrisAustinLane ch...@austin-lane.net Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Zen_Forum

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2010-11-24 Thread Lana M. Gibbons
Greetings, I apparently have been practicing a number of principles of Zen for quite some time, albeit completely unintentionally. A lot of what I am reading now are things I have realized through experience without external guidance: It is very refreshing to see there are teachings for this

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2010-11-24 Thread Rose P
Good question Lana. It would be great to have more discussion in this forum about the nitty gritty of dealing with people in the world. Rose --- On Wed, 11/24/10, Lana M. Gibbons lana.m.gibb...@gmail.com wrote: From: Lana M. Gibbons lana.m.gibb...@gmail.com Subject: [Zen] New Member

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2010-11-24 Thread Lana M. Gibbons
It seems to me that traditional buddhists were able to step away from the world and dedicate themselves to their studies, some did not even have to do chores! Only the teachers really needed to interact with outsiders and even then, they only really interacted with those who were interested in

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2010-11-24 Thread Lana M. Gibbons
No, Thank You. I already have much of the infant's mentality, the lack of duality, the awareness, the no-mind - to discard all of what I have learned so far would be to discard my true self. The typical five year old has many concepts and ideas, they are possessive, materialistic, extreme in

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2010-11-24 Thread Maria Lopez
...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Rose P things_r...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, 24 November, 2010, 23:35   Good question Lana. It would be great to have more discussion in this forum about the nitty gritty of dealing with people

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2010-11-24 Thread Maria Lopez
lana.m.gibb...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, 24 November, 2010, 23:53   No, Thank You.  I already have much of the infant's mentality, the lack of duality, the awareness, the no-mind - to discard all of what I have learned so far would

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2010-11-24 Thread ED
Lana, From your own experience (which is the only non-illusory mode of sensing true reality that is accepted on this zen forum,) have you any evidence that 'buddhas' exist? Thanks, --ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Lana M. Gibbons lana.m.gibb...@... wrote: No, Thank You. I already

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2010-11-24 Thread ED
Rose and Lana, For an unenlightened response, the question can only be answered on a case by case basis. For an enlightened response, the answer is 'just THIS' in every moment. (But that may infuriate the other if he/she is unaware of the rules of the game that you are playing from!) ---ED

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2010-11-24 Thread ED
Lana, The way in which babies normally and naturally behave is to be obsessed with 'I/me/mine' (it's ego), with no regard whatsoever for the needs of its mother or anyone else - and without which attitude it would not survive. In short, if babies had no egos, the only babies who survived for

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2010-11-24 Thread Maria Lopez
. Gibbons lana.m.gibb...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, 25 November, 2010, 0:29   It seems to me that traditional buddhists were able to step away from the world and dedicate themselves to their studies, some did not even have to do

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2010-11-24 Thread BillSmart
rush hour just as well as in a cave in Tibet. ...Bill! From: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:zen_fo...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lana M. Gibbons Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 7:30 AM To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member   It seems to me that traditional buddhists

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2010-11-24 Thread Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明
Dear Lana, I was taught that all encounters of ours are form. And all forms are caused by some cause and each cause is caused by generations of causes, visible or invisible. We call these causes karma for simplicity sake. Please try to fulfill every encounter, because there is a reason

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2010-11-24 Thread Anthony Wu
of worldly buddhas will expand dramatically.   Anthony --- On Thu, 25/11/10, ED seacrofter...@yahoo.com wrote: From: ED seacrofter...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Zen] New Member To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, 25 November, 2010, 9:33 AM     Lana, The way in which babies

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2010-10-16 Thread ED
Mike, Thank you so much for your informative comments which I will mull over (together with Bill's.) I appreciate the brevity, precision and clarity of the understandings and insights that you (and Bill) have afforded us. Thanks again. --ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, mike brown

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2010-10-16 Thread ED
--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Anthony Wu wu...@... wrote: ED, Your posts always involve or provoke insight. Anthony, It makes me a little happy that at least one person sees and appreciates at least one trait that I may possess. ;-) I won't comment on the relationships between

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2010-10-15 Thread Maria Lopez
not to fall into sleep after such long hours?.   A big smile to you Mayka                   --- On Thu, 14/10/10, mike brown uerusub...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: mike brown uerusub...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [Zen] New member. To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, 14 October, 2010, 12:28

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2010-10-15 Thread ED
Mike wrote: You can be in intense pain around the 40 minute mark (if you haven't moved), but suddenly the body/mind experiences a letting go of the pain and changes to intense bliss and euphoria - and I mean ecstasy (personally, I don't think this is anything 'spiritual', but just the effect

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2010-10-15 Thread mike brown
on a retreat, I'm sure that many of the world's problems would be sorted out overnight. Mike From: Maria Lopez flordel...@btinternet.com To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 15 October, 2010 17:53:17 Subject: Re: [Zen] New member.   Mike:   This of yours

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2010-10-15 Thread ED
Greetings, Kahty! What can one say other than the same old, same old: Variability in genetics and environment? Regards, ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, kahtychen touc...@... wrote: Greetings, All. Why do some people engage in studying the mind/nature of being/the metaphysical

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2010-10-15 Thread BillSmart
Ed, My responses: Hello Mike, Bill, Edgar, Mayka, Anthony, JM and All, A few questions (which may stimulate comments/dialogue) come to mind: (1) In meditation practice, is pain a necessary ingredient for the breakthrough to bliss and ecstasy? No. (2) Is this phenomenon similar to or

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2010-10-14 Thread mike brown
Mayka,   Well, a 10 day vipassana course is pretty much like an 8 day sesshin except in the following ways. The vipassana course goes for 10 days and there is absolutely no talking, reading, writing or any form of communication whatsoever. Wake up at 4am; last meal 11.30am; lights out at

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2010-10-13 Thread mike brown
Mayka, Sure. Which particular aspect of vipassana would you like me to elaborate on? Mike From: Maria Lopez flordel...@btinternet.com To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 12 October, 2010 17:46:22 Subject: Re: [Zen] New member.   Mike:   I didn't see

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2010-10-13 Thread Maria Lopez
Mike:   Whatever experience you had with it would do it.  Thanks.   Mayka --- On Wed, 13/10/10, mike brown uerusub...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: mike brown uerusub...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [Zen] New member. To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, 13 October, 2010, 12:15   Mayka

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2010-10-12 Thread Maria Lopez
brown uerusub...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: mike brown uerusub...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [Zen] New member. To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, 12 October, 2010, 3:03   Mayka,   When I started Zen in Australia the centre I attended was from the Robert Aitken lineage. There wasn't

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2010-10-11 Thread Anthony Wu
is excellent.  Why do you need a spell checker?   Mayka --- On Sun, 10/10/10, Anthony Wu wu...@yahoo.com.sg wrote: From: Anthony Wu wu...@yahoo.com.sg Subject: RE: [Zen] New member. To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 10 October, 2010, 0:06   Bill,   Put 'Rinzai' into your

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2010-10-11 Thread Anthony Wu
flordel...@btinternet.com Subject: RE: [Zen] New member. To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, 12 October, 2010, 2:56 AM   Anthony:   I know you're not an English native speaker. And yet your English is great.  Do you use any translator, helper of any kind

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2010-10-11 Thread mike brown
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 10 October, 2010 19:12:15 Subject: RE: [Zen] New member.   Good morning Bill:   I don't have the Microsoft package with word application software but the substitute free download called: Open Office Org. Writer.  I write and post directly.  My BT Yahoo settings has a spell

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2010-10-10 Thread BillSmart
@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Zen] New member. Bill, Put 'Rinzai' into your spelling checker. Otherwise, I will start calling you Bildoz I have the same question as Mayka. I don't have a checker on Yahoo Mail. How do I get and use it? Anthony --- On Sat, 9/10/10, billsm...@hhs1963

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2010-10-10 Thread BillSmart
...@hhs1963.org billsm...@hhs1963.org wrote: From: billsm...@hhs1963.org billsm...@hhs1963.org Subject: RE: [Zen] New member. To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 9 October, 2010, 10:43 Mayka, (by the way, speaking of misspellings, I have a hard time not spelling your name as ‘Makya

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2010-10-10 Thread Maria Lopez
...@hhs1963.org billsm...@hhs1963.org wrote: From: billsm...@hhs1963.org billsm...@hhs1963.org Subject: RE: [Zen] New member. To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 10 October, 2010, 9:24   Maria Carmen (a.k.a. Mayka), My responses are embedded below:   May I ask you what spell

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2010-10-09 Thread BillSmart
! --- On Sat, 9/10/10, billsm...@hhs1963.org billsm...@hhs1963.org wrote: From: billsm...@hhs1963.org billsm...@hhs1963.org Subject: RE: [Zen] New member. To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 9 October, 2010, 2:17 Mayka, I’ve studied under both Renzai and Soto masters

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2010-10-09 Thread Anthony Wu
...@hhs1963.org billsm...@hhs1963.org Subject: RE: [Zen] New member. To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 9 October, 2010, 5:43 PM   Mayka,  (by the way, speaking of misspellings, I have a hard time not spelling your name as ‘Makya’ – I don’t know why that is.  I actually had to add

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2010-10-08 Thread Maria Lopez
could be well coming through own mental fabrication.   Mayka   --- On Thu, 7/10/10, phoebepfox phoebep...@yahoo.com wrote: From: phoebepfox phoebep...@yahoo.com Subject: [Zen] New member. To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, 7 October, 2010, 4:01   Thank you all for this group. I

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2010-10-08 Thread Maria Lopez
I meant in previous post: I am not familiar with soto zen koans. --- On Fri, 8/10/10, Maria Lopez flordel...@btinternet.com wrote: From: Maria Lopez flordel...@btinternet.com Subject: Re: [Zen] New member. To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, 8 October, 2010, 9:37   Hello

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2010-10-08 Thread Maria Lopez
W. Ianuzzi j...@thewhitehats.com Subject: RE: [Zen] New member. To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, 8 October, 2010, 17:10   Hello Mayka, It is my understanding that Soto Zen is just about sitting and Renzei Zen is about koans. When the Roshi slaps a student in Renzei

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2010-10-08 Thread Chris Austin-Lane
There are koans used in Soto training, but differently from Rinzai - more to hone the understanding of advanced students than to prod a student towards an initial experience of non-duality. Bill! describes the Rinzai training, where I have heard Mu or some other intro koan is used to move the

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2010-10-08 Thread Anthony Wu
Jody/Mayka,   Soto zen is otherwise called zombie zen. A zombie doesn't talk, let alone create koans.   Renzai should read Rinzai.   Anthony --- On Sat, 9/10/10, Jody W. Ianuzzi j...@thewhitehats.com wrote: From: Jody W. Ianuzzi j...@thewhitehats.com Subject: RE: [Zen] New member

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2010-10-08 Thread Anthony Wu
. Both have been very nice and enlightening.   Anthony --- On Sat, 9/10/10, Chris Austin-Lane ch...@austin-lane.net wrote: From: Chris Austin-Lane ch...@austin-lane.net Subject: Re: [Zen] New member. To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 9 October, 2010, 6:34 AM   There are koans used

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2010-10-08 Thread Jody W. Ianuzzi
Hello Anthony, Thank you. JODY Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ * Your email

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2010-10-08 Thread Chris Austin-Lane
/10, Chris Austin-Lane ch...@austin-lane.net* wrote: From: Chris Austin-Lane ch...@austin-lane.net Subject: Re: [Zen] New member. To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 9 October, 2010, 6:34 AM There are koans used in Soto training, but differently from Rinzai - more to hone

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2010-10-07 Thread BillSmart
Phoebe, Welcome to the Yahoo! Zen Forum! My response/comments to your first post are embedded below: Thank you all for this group. I am currently studying a book called Zen Flesh Zen Bones. Does anyone else have this text or is currently reading it? I would like very much to study and discuss

[Zen] New member.

2010-10-06 Thread phoebepfox
Thank you all for this group. I am currently studying a book called Zen Flesh Zen Bones. Does anyone else have this text or is currently reading it? I would like very much to study and discuss the Koans in this book and/ or post Koans here to be discussed with all. I am currently working on a

[Zen] New member introduction

2008-07-10 Thread Jeremy Taylor
Hello, I just recently joined the group, and wanted to introduce myself to everyone. My name is Jeremy, and I live in a small town in upstate New York, not too far from the family farm where I grew up. I have a B.S. degree in wildlife biology, and have worked as a zookeeper, wildlife

Re: [Zen] New member introduction

2008-07-10 Thread Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明
check out http://www.heartchan.org the largest at home Chan practitioners' group from Taiwan. Very Asian :-) Jeremy Taylor wrote: Hello, I just recently joined the group, and wanted to introduce myself to everyone. My name is Jeremy, and I live in a small town in upstate New York, not

RE: [Zen] New Member. New Thread on Meditation.

2007-01-10 Thread Phillip Rogers
Thank you for your warm welcome Bill. Here is a question for the group. I have read some things on zazen from this forum and on the internet as well as in books. when I meditate I calm myself and allow myself to rest and relax. For a few moments I do nothing but sit and allow my thoughts

RE: [Zen] New Member. New Thread on Meditation.

2007-01-10 Thread donald hwong
Allen, Every school is different in practice, though short term effectiveness are different, similar benefits in the long run nevertheless. I can only speak of the practice that I am familiar with. Here is the link to my school for your reference. http://www.heartzen.org We are Chan from

RE: [Zen] New Member. New Thread on Meditation.

2007-01-10 Thread donald hwong
Sorry for the confusion, Allen. Our first step is Purification - purify the body and the mind. This is a formulated practice. After one masters the formulated practice, then one moves on to formula-less practices. In the formulated practice, the first step is belly breathing. After one can

[Zen] New Member

2007-01-09 Thread Allen
Peace to All, Hello everyone. My name is Allen Rogers and I am new to this group and I look forward to many discussions with you. Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today! Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on

RE: [Zen] New Member

2007-01-09 Thread Bill Smart
Al, Welcome to the Zen Forum! As you can tell by scanning the postings over the past several weeks there has not been much action except the reason short exchanges prompted by Tony Wu's posting. I hope you'll feel free to engage whenever there are postings of interest, and I encourage you to