I liked the Mass in Latin also. It was easy to slip into zazen when people are speaking and chanting a language you don't know. There's no temptation to 'understand' what they're saying. And the constant sitting/kneeling/sitting was nice too. It was like kinhin.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Merle, > > Latin?: only the content of the Mass. I never studied Latin via > language-study (yet, it's the language of Science, historically, so I know I > have absorbed a lot of it slowly and gradually). > > But I have become fluent in Spanish, from study, and overseas work. And > living in New York City; and, Tucson, Arizona. ;-) > > --Joe > > > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > Â do you speak and understand latin?..merle > ------------------------------------ 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/
