--- In [email protected], Maria Lopez <flordeloto@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Steve;
> Â
> Yes I have that book. It's a great book. Really good.  It was amongst
> the books I had in my first two years. The following to that is:
> "Understanding Our Mind". I got this last one during a long retreat and the
> Ven Master TNH signed on it. Sister Chang Khong who is the directorate from
> the Plum Village Monastery told us that the Master stayed with each book
> before he signed a little bit and passed onto them his mind to mind dharma.Â
> It pleased me to hear that. Nonetheless I never went to much into it
> in depth as I found this last book rather complicated and think that needs
> from the Master to be there and ask him questions continuously arising in me
> every time I tried to get through it. Second book mentioned was handed onto
> me by a many years experienced nun in the practice . So sorry to say about
> myself that I haven't honoured much so far the trust given and still I'm
> in "The heart of the Buddha Teachings" which is fine by me. No
> rush.
> Â
> Mayka
> Â
>
Yes, no rush. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself. I happen
to like Vietnamese Thien (Zen), as it is actually what I do. In
Vietnam they combine Zen with Pureland practice. TNH just emphasizes
Zen for his Western students, but in Vietnam they couple that with
Buddhanusmriti. I refer you to the foot-note on page 76 of The Heart
Of The Buddha's Teaching. I said that this is what I do, but really
I am not doing it. Who is reciting the Buddha-Name?
Steve
>
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