ED, Well, neither the length of time one sits nor its "intensity" will determine if one 'gets it', or not (the trinity of wisdom, compassion, equanimity). I think the problem people have with words like 'compassion' is that they interpret the word from a dualitic viewpoint: 'I have to be kind to him'; 'I shouldn't think bad thoughts about them' etc. This problem of breaking down compassion into the doer, the act and the object of compassion can be transcended with the wisdom that 'I' and the 'other' are the same. How can compassion not arise when we realise that our actions (when there is a 'doer'-object), and the actions of others, cause the same pain and suffering we've experienced?
Mike ________________________________ From: ED <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 21 March, 2011 2:54:35 Subject: [Zen] Re: A bit busy Mike, What I hear you say below is: With appropriately intensive zen practice (with no objective in mind), wisdom, compassion and equanimity will quite naturally arise in the practitioner. Yes? --ED --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > ED, > I don't see Zen as a technique to be employed in particular adverse > situations >to ease a troubled mind. > > Small 'z' zen just is - there are no qualities to it that can be talked > about. > There is, however, a way to express zen and this would be thru equanimity, >compassion and wisdom. > > > Mike > --- In [email protected], ED wrote: > > Mike > > > Has has your Zen practice benefitted you in this stressful situation? > > --ED
