Ed,
My remark below was intended to be a joke. You are right. The Zen Forum primarily serves to promote discursive thought. .Bill! From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ED Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 1:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Zen] Zen practice? Bill, I am not sure about that. Does the Yahoo Zen forum promote clarity and greater insight and understanding of zen, or does it just encourage more discursive thought? --ED --- In [email protected], <billsm...@...> wrote: > > You forgot: > > One actively participates in the Yahoo! Zen Forum > > .Bill! > 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 &! gt; > 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 chris@ wrote: > > > > To know zen, the easiest method is to sit zazen. > > > > --Chris __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5549 (20101020) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
