Joe,
I've just answered part of this in a response to JMJM, but I have embedded
direct responses to your questions in your post below:
> I wonder what part of it is not spiritual.
All of it (zen/Buddha Nature) is not spiritual - IMO.
> (If you will, who is/was that teacher who taught in such a way?)
I've had 2 formal teachers in my life and neither taught me that zen was or was
not spiritual. That topic just didn't come up to the best of my recollection.
These teachers were first Koryu Osaka Roshi and second Taizan Maezumi Roshi.
My involvement with these two roshis began in the late 60's and continued
through the 70's, but I kept in contact with Maezumi right up to his death in
mid-1990.
> (And, are you sure about that, Bill? Perhaps you reasonably just take and
> keep what you like or can support?)
I am sure about this, and I definitely do take and keep what I like.
If you disagree with my statement about zen and spirituality, what part of
practice of zen do you deem to be spiritual?
...Bill!
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