Mel, I hope those are not your current reasons for sitting, I have been on Zen committees and kept the minutes from meetings. And Zen does have old important and respected writings that do not meet current standards of historicity. And sermons are called dharma talks.
I have even heard of some bullying in Zen centers in the US. On Mar 26, 2011 11:44 PM, "Mel" <[email protected]> wrote: - No god, priesthood, committees and meetings, bullyings and coercions, false histories and mysteries, scriptures of any sort, terrible sermons...best of all...NOTHING ACADEMIC - Great for high blood pressure!! Yaaayyyyy!!!!!! Buddha be praised, indeed!! Mel --- On Sun, 27/3/11, SteveW <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: SteveW <[email protected]> > Subject: [Zen] Why bother with Zazen? > To: Zen_Forum... Received: Sunday, 27 March, 2011, 4:30 AM > > > Hello. I am posting this question in response to the on-going back-and-forth concerning wha...
