Bill: ...And then one still practises zen by "Breathing you are online"!. Or at the very least this is what TNH tell us. Mayka
--- On Wed, 20/10/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [Zen] Zen practice? To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 20 October, 2010, 2:31 You forgot: · One actively participates in the Yahoo! Zen Forum …Bill! From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ED Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 3:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Zen] Zen practice? 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 [email protected], Chris Austin-Lane <ch...@...> wrote: > > To know zen, the easiest method is to sit zazen. > > --Chris __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5546 (20101019) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5546 (20101019) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
