ED, I am not disagreeing with you. They are different types. You choose one or several that can be compatible, but not all. Anthony
--- On Sat, 9/4/11, ED <[email protected]> wrote: From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: Buddhist meditation practices To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, 9 April, 2011, 10:27 PM Hi, Anthony. You see the dark side, I see the light side. You see 'incompatibility', I see a variety of meditation types for people of different personality types, preferences, and degrees of practice experience. --ED --- In [email protected], "SteveW" <eugnostos2000@...> wrote: > Hi Anthony. I think that there is a clear difference between any form of > insight-awareness and single-point concentration. I think the same too, but your or my 'opinion' does not count for much. But what you say is what the Buddha has stated; what the most ancient Thervada Buddhist teachings say; what Tibetan Buddhism says; and what zazen comprises. > I don't say "zen meditation" because I have noticed that there are differing > opinions on this list as to what that term means. However, I do think that both are useful in their own way. IMO. Steve The opinion of lay folk does not count for much, and that includes my opinions, except for this opinon. --ED --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > Steve/ED, > > IMO, zen meditation is incompatible with concentration on anything such as > vipassana or visualization (e.g. in Tantra), though I don't deny they have > their merits. What do you think? > So you cannot do everything down the list because some of them contradict with others. > > Anthony
