Stop seeking! What you have is enough. Thanks, Chris Austin-Lane Sent from a cell phone
On Jul 3, 2012, at 9:04, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris, > > I'm intrigued and drawn to Quaker Meeting. I have not gone yet. > > There is a Meeting here in Tucson on Sunday mornings: 8 AM and 10 AM, MST. > Sometime!! > > It's quiet sitting, in pews or chairs. And there are vocalizations when a > person is so moved. This absolutely fascinates me, and seems a wonderful way > of practice. I shall attend, and will someday make a report. > > My intro to Quaker practice is the wonderful book, a classic, and very > friendly: Howard Brinton; FRIENDS FOR 300 YEARS (1952). Just even the title > alone puts a smile on my face! The chapters on the Meeting, and on Vocal > Ministry are truly wonderful. I love Brinton's writing, he is clear and > helpful, and the spirit comes through the description; he's like D. T. > Suzuki, that way. > > Every modern writer on Quaker practice refers to this 60-year old book. > > If you've been in Zen circles a long time, as I have, you'll find much that > is familiar in Quaker practice. You probably know all this. ;-) > > --Joe > > PS We were taught in our Tucson sangha for 24 years by a dharma heir of > Robert Aitken Roshi who was also a Catholic Redemptorist Priest, Patrick > Hawk, Roshi. He passed away a month ago. Pat headed Zen Sesshin at our > zendo as well as Christian Contemplative retreats at his retreat center at > Picture Rocks (AZ). The trappings and the sitting were identical; the > teaching used different symbols and references. > > --- In [email protected], Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> wrote: > >> The legs folded up right sitting tho, is definitely new to >> Christianity, tho being taken up with a gasp of recognition. > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
