ED, I wonder if Ritalin might be more beneficial for us than zazen?
Mike ________________________________ From: ED <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 29 March, 2011 4:04:10 Subject: [Zen] Re: And Yet Another Article After those long hours of zazen, who would not be exploding with chattiness? ;-) --ED --- In [email protected], "SteveW" <eugnostos2000@...> wrote: > > Hello. Zen is supposed to be "a special transmission, outside of the >scriptures, with no reliance on words or letters." Having said that, I have >noticed that Zen people are, in fact, a chatty lot, as evidenced by this list! >(I am on a lot of lists, and you guys definitely talk way more than anyone >else!) In order to keep the excellent chit-chat going, here is a link to an >article with the provocative title, Is Zen A Philosophy?, by Henry Rosemont, >Jr. > http://www.thezensite.com/ZenEssays/Philosophical/Is_Zen_a_Philosophy.html > Steve > Four Zen monks once took a vow of silence in order to more effectively focus > on >their zazen. After about half an hour, one monk said, "Hey! the attendant >forgot >to light the incense!" Another monk immediately snapped, "Shh! You're not >supposed to talk!" The third monk groaned and said, "Do you two HAVE to talk?" >The last monk smugly observed, "I'm the only one who hasn't said anything!"
