I feed a fox every day at my door.... He should be here soon.... Edgar
On Sep 1, 2011, at 5:58 PM, Anthony Wu wrote: > Mayka, > > Do you give food to foxes? You must, because you may run into Bill or me. > > Anthony > > --- On Thu, 1/9/11, Maria Lopez <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Maria Lopez <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Mahayana > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 1 September, 2011, 11:39 PM > > > Bill; > Can you give a description and give an example of the way you incorporate > Buddha Mind in your daily active life? Is it Buddha Mind applied in daily > activities the same as mindfulness?. This is to verify if are the same thing > or there is something different. > > My practice is similar to yours with the difference that sitting down or > zazen sessions lack of your daily discipline and there are days still of zero > sitting down. I make up a bit with it with the applicationof mindfulness in > different activities during the day such as walking in the park, giving food > to the birds once a week after collecting hard bread for them. Birds are > very grateful for that specially in winter time. While awakening in the > morning, leaving my bed, going to the bath, brushing my teeth, shower and > all the rest of toilette time including the one of evacuating. I've also > train myself in the use reminders such as the ring of phone. As soon as I > hear the first ring Instead of picking it up immediately I stop and use my > conscious breathing and pick up the phone at the third ring. Other bell > reminder are the traffic lights. As soon as I see red it brings me back to > my conscious breathing till it changes to green...etc. > > Mayka > > > --- On Thu, 1/9/11, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Bill! <[email protected]> > Subject: [Zen] Re: Mahayana > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 1 September, 2011, 2:42 > > > JMJM, > > I do consider zen my practice. > > I acknowledge that most people classify it as a subset/sect of Mahayana > Buddhism, but I do not consider zen a subset of or co-dependent on Buddhism. > In fact I consider zen the core Buddhism was built around - like a > cultural-specific presetation layer. > > I can't speak for those that consider themselves Mahayana Buddhists, but my > practice consists of shikantaza (clear-mind meditation) which is usually > associated with zazen (seated meditation) but can be practiced any where at > any time under any conditions. I sometimes refer to that state of clear-mind > (or no-mind) as 'Buddha Mind'. My personal practice is to incorporate Buddha > Mind more and more into my daily life. > > The core teaching of my zen practice is 'Just THIS!. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 > <chan.jmjm@...> wrote: > > > > Dear Forum, > > > > Do you consider "Zen/zen/your practice" a Mahayana practice? If so, how > > does Mahayana actually practice? What is its core teaching? > > > > Thank you in advance, jm > > > > -- > > Learn the Basics of Chan Meditation... > > http://www.chan-meditation.org > > Chan in everyday life... > > http://www.chanliving.org > > To be enlightened in this life... > > http://www.heartchan.org > > To save our world... > > http://www.universal-oneness.org > > > > >
