ED, You are away from 'just this'. However, your remarks are valuable. Though you can deny it, your worldview influence your behavior, unless you are a zombie. Anthony
--- On Wed, 20/10/10, ED <seacrofter...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: ED <seacrofter...@yahoo.com> Subject: [Zen] Zen practice? To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, 20 October, 2010, 4:51 AM Chris said: "To know zen, the easiest method is to sit zazen." Chris, Zazen *is* IT - *and* the following may help: o One has a zen master as a guide, and has occasional interviews with him/her in person. o A significant proportion of the zazen is as a group, and preferably in a zendo. o One does not indulge or over-indulge in movies, TV, Internet browsing/groups, idle talk, partying, etc., etc. o One lives a meticulously moral/ethical life o One avoids contentiousness o One lives in a monogomous and reasonably compatible relationship o One peruses and contemplates Zen buddhist scriptures and commentaries to an appropriate extent o One listens to teishos as often as is feasible o One attends sesshins as often as is feasible o One associates to some extent with other zennists o If needs be, one resolves psychological/emotional problems with the help of a psychotherapist/psycholgist who is also a zennist, but is not your zen master o One continually returns to mindfulness in the here and now o And so on --ED --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Chris Austin-Lane <ch...@...> wrote: > > To know zen, the easiest method is to sit zazen. > > --Chris
