Bill!, >I'll guarantee you that you won't find those qualities in Zen Buddhist sanghas,
Typo or sarcasm? Just thought it might be a good idea to clear it up now rather than later. ; ) Mike ________________________________ From: Bill! <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 28 March, 2011 18:34:08 Subject: [Zen] Re: Why bother with Zazen?(to Bill/list) Mel, That was exactly my point. You said Zen Buddhism was "No god, priesthood, committees and meetings, bullyings and coercions, false histories and mysteries, scriptures of any sort, terrible sermons...best of all...NOTHING ACADEMIC." I'll guarantee you that you won't find those qualities in Zen Buddhist sanghas, or any other kind of Buddhist organizations, or any other kind of religious organizations. That's what religions do...Bill! --- In [email protected], Mel <gunnar19632000@...> wrote: > > I've made attempts along those lines Bill. Not for me. Too independent-minded > > in peace > Mel > > --- On Mon, 28/3/11, Bill! <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > Mel, > > All I can say to your post below is that from reading it I assume you have >never actually been a member of a Zen Buddhist sangha...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Mel <gunnar19632000@> 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 > > Â > > - Great for high blood pressure!! Yaaayyyyy!!!!!! > > Â > > Buddha be praised, indeed!! > > Mel > > > > --- On Sun, 27/3/11, SteveW <eugnostos2000@> wrote: > > > From: SteveW <eugnostos2000@> > > Subject: [Zen] Why bother with Zazen? > > To: [email protected] > > Received: Sunday, 27 March, 2011, 4:30 AM > > > Hello. I am posting this question in response to the on-going > > back-and-forth >concerning what Zen really is. Simply put, why did you take up Zen? Did you >have >an idea in your mind about what you were taking-up and why? Surely, no-one >here >just happened to sit down in a rather artificial and uncomfortable position >and >start watching his or her > > breathing? > > Steve >
