Steve, You say, ' you and everyone else must follow their heart. That's what really matters.' What do you mean by 'heart'? Mind, spirit, awareness, consciousness, the physical heart organ that can be transplanted, or the 'heart chakra' you use in the Tantra meditation? Anthony
--- On Mon, 11/4/11, SteveW <[email protected]> wrote: From: SteveW <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: Buddhist meditation practices To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 11 April, 2011, 5:41 AM --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > Steve, > Â > I agree. Every approach has its own merits. Even the way JMJM keeps lecturing > about: sitting cultivating 'chi' in order to be in union with the universe, > is useful in its own right. > Â > But I don't believe any of them are zen. To be aware and calm is zen. I don't > have enough insight to advocate that. But before I am convinced it is wrong, > I will continue that way. > Â > Anthony > > Hi Anthony. Although my first experience with Buddhism was with those Soto > Zen people running that traditional karate class, I really don't think of > myself as confined to the way Zen people see things. I am very interested in > Zen, which is why I like talking to people here, but I am really more of a > general, non-denominational Mahayana Buddhist in my approach to life. > Buddhists have always cultivated both Right Awareness and Right > Concentration. IMO, you and everyone else must follow their heart. That's > what really matters, imo. Steve > > > >
