Thanks for the advice. I'm trying to practice Zen myself.
----- Original Message ---- From: Bill Smart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 5:06:17 AM Subject: [Zen] Re: beginning again --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ps.com, "cid830" <summitjags@ ...> wrote: > > what are the precepts? > cid830, Knowledge of Buddhist Precepts, Refuges, etc..., are not a pre-requiste for practicing zen. In fact in most cases they are, as is all knowledge, a hindrance. The only thing necessary to practice zen, if that is your interest, is to sit - meaning do zazen. Pacticing zazen clears your mind of all intellectual and emotional clutter, including concepts such as precepts, refuges, right:wrong, I:you, beginner:sensei, etc... Forget about all the other things you have read or been taught. Just sit. That's enough. Anything else is too much...Bill! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
