I agree with Mike but would add that a path implies a destination, a goal. Zen practice has no goal for much the same reasons as it has no path. You are already enlightened. There is nothing additional needed, nothing to attain.
Just THIS! ...Bill! --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > > ED, > > Again, there is no path. A 'path' implies a journey, does it not? But where > can we go if we are always here? For sure, there is a symbolic journey to be > taken and talking of a path is a useful metaphor for the traveller on the > Way. Shikantaza opens us to 'here and now' (as does a slap! or a koan > breakthru etc) in a way that is more difficult to realise in the whirlwind of > everyday life (although this is something we practice and practice to <clumsy > word warning:> achieve). Shikantaza is no more the 'path' than is sweeping > leaves in a Japanese temple on a balmy autumn evening or stepping in dog shit > downtown. > > Mike > > > > ________________________________ > From: ED <seacrofter001@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, 25 November 2011, 3:38 > Subject: Re: [Zen] What Your Big Brother Says > > > Â > > > The path is deprogramming and/or reprogramming the brain with > shikantaza? > > --ED > > --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@> wrote: > > > > Edgar, > > > > As long as we believe there is a path to follow, then we'll always be > in our own way (1st meaning). > > > > Mike > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
