Well, nonetheless, this is the sort of practice our sect has promulgated over
the centuries down to our time, with some variations, of course. And different
teachers teach differently, too, and even the same teacher may change his/her
teaching over the years. Impermanence seems to apply to everything. ;-)
I think you're right, that it's the quality of our attention that is important.
Even when we are not practicing well, we can improve ourselves a bit by really
paying attention in a relaxed way to anything.
The kind of understanding that comes from our practice is a little different
from that gotten by just grabbing things, though (or even appreciating things).
Yasutani Roshi used to say that Zen Practice is for the perfection of our
character. A beautiful statement, which I think glistens with
multi-dimensional insight and truth.
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> joe
>  you might just die  while you sit waiting..so it will be all in vain if
> you follow that recipe for "enlightenment"
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