..Perfect...just perfect, and I myself wish I had something like this all my life. A Soto life blended with Shotokan and the Samurai mind/heart (Hagakure, Budoshoshinshu, A Book of Five Rings, Bushido, etc). What more could a seeker want! A meditative practise based on goal-less silent illumination (as described by Deshimaru-sensei) facing the wall and with only the most necessary of ceremonies(eg. kyosaku, SOME kinhin and bowing, etc), cultivation of the simple life free of excessive desires, and an equally simple, direct, and militaristic body regimen to instill that iron-will within that's fit enough to face death itself without a flinch...ahh, that would be heaven indeed! Indeed!!
Thanks for pointing this out for me Steve Buddha be praised Mel [email protected] ..'The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials'... -Lin Yutang --- On Mon, 11/4/11, SteveW <[email protected]> wrote: Although my first experience with Buddhism was with those Soto Zen people running that traditional karate class
