My advice is that you should be careful in choosing your teacher. Test him first. Some Tantric teacher will ask you to jump from the top of a seven story building to try your loyalty. More smart teacher will make a preemptive remark that if you see him chasing a young girl, that is also a test on your loyalty. Anthony
--- On Thu, 28/10/10, Maria Lopez <[email protected]> wrote: From: Maria Lopez <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Questions, questions, question To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 28 October, 2010, 1:01 AM Siska: I don't know if having a Teacher is compulsory but I can tell you that is certainly strongly adviced by experienced zen practitioners. The writers of the books you mentioned in previous posting both were instructed by Teachers. There is also the alternative of sitting down with a group of people and having some support into your practice. Do you do a sitting down? If you like to waste your time then no bother to look for a Teacher because a Teacher won't let you to waste it. Mayka --- On Wed, 27/10/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Questions, questions, question To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 27 October, 2010, 16:20 Hi Mayka, Thanks! Is it compulsory to train with a teacher? It's hard to find any here. As for now, I can't find any better way to waste my time than being here. After all, what do I do with it if not to waste? ;-) siska From: Maria Lopez <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:04:35 +0100 (BST) To: <[email protected]> ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Zen] Questions, questions, question Welcome to the zen forum Siska. Lay back and enjoy the ride. Unluckily you can find the answer of your questioning in a Internet forum. Sit down and shut up is advisable towards having a glimpse to the direct experience of Buddha nature. Google and Ed are Internet leaflets of commercial zen information but not the place itself. Searching for a reliable Teacher, with a direct experience of what he may be teaching about (Walking the talk), and working with him instructions is the wises action you could do if you are honestly interested in zen. Differently here in the forum you'll be having a great entertainment but not much of real zen. In a few words, you are wasting your time. But enjoy the ride and tides with us anyway! Hope this helps a little bit. Mayka --- On Wed, 27/10/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Questions, questions, question To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 27 October, 2010, 2:05 Hello Ed, Thanks for the welcome :) I am not familiar with the terms being used here, especially when you all are discussing about "buddha nature", "zen", "the Law" and all that. The way I understand it from this forum, there are no fix definitions for the terms anyway and I somehow feel that is the way it should be. I'm currently reading Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind and I read Sit Down and Shut Up (or was it Shut up and Sit Down?) and I quite like both. Looking forward to learning more from this forum. Wow, seventeen trillion events...... siska From: "ED" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:44:50 -0000 To: <[email protected]> ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Zen] Questions, questions, question siska, Welcome to the Zen Forum. If you like what you have just seen, you must be (at least partially) enlightened. The Buddha might say: "Seventeen trillion events transpired in the course of that interchange." I look forward to your joining in the conversations. --ED --- In [email protected], siska_...@... wrote: Hi All, I'm new to this list and I'm new to Zen. I think I like this list. siska Mayka, I'm sorry that you feel that way. --ED --- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordel...@...> wrote: > > ALL WHAT I MEAN IS THAT YOU HAVE BORED ME TO DEATH. LET ME ALONE!!!! GET > LOST. DO YOUÂ GET IT NOW????...GOSH!!!
