Re: [Zen] Directional pull?
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 Shui as a way to find the optimal arrangement of their office furniture - it is actually a valuable spiritual tool. In addition to choosing locations for memorials for dead teachers, and perhaps more importantly, it is also used to establish the correct location - and directional orientation - for Buddhist temples. Probably you should just listen to your intuition. But if you want more specific answers you could try to find a Feng Shui master who is also a Buddhist practitioner. Or you could try to find other sources of information on Feng Shui. Buddhist Temples are usually east-facing. That doesn't mean that everyone who meditates inside the temple will be facing east, though. It means that the big Buddha on the altar is facing east. The temple that I practice at faces west, though - but when I am facing toward the Buddha I am facing east. - Curt Mrs. JDK wrote: I have been practicing yoga and mediation for almost a year. It took a long time to learn how to breath properly. Now I am working on 'mindfulness' and see how it can help me so much if I can master it. My question to all is: Is there a directional pull on this planet when it comes to faceing when you meditate? If this is a silly question, please forgive, but I feel pulled towards the East when I meditate and can't get comfortable when I face in other directions. Is that just me? Thanks for any input, but remember to be kind if I've made a fool for myself just now for asking this. Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today! Yahoo! Groups Links 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 settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [Zen] Directional pull?
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 pulls. But from my teaching, my reading and my experience I have never heard of such a thing being a consideration when doing zazen (zen meditation). You should be able to do zazen anywhere at anytime: sitting, standing, walking; facing north, south, east, west, up or down. You might try doing zazen facing in the 'comfortable' direction, and then the next time in the 'uncomfortable' direction. If there's a real difference I'd advise you to learn to do zazen facing the 'uncomfortable' direction. ...Bill! 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 settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [Zen] Directional pull?
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 Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Zen] Directional pull?
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 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 settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
