Bill, Yes, even though it wasn't offered by the monitor I asked and received a whack with it when I was sitting in a monastery. It does wake you up. The monk that was patrolling the sitters and administering the whacks seemed much more interested in whacking a cute young female novice though... She got 3 or 4 whacks for doing nothing other than being cute that I could tell.
Edgar On Oct 24, 2012, at 2:18 AM, Bill! wrote: > In Zen <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen> Buddhism > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism> , the keisaku (Japanese > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_(language)> : 警策, Chinese > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language> : 香板, > xiāng bǎn; kyōsaku in the Soto school > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soto_school> ) is a flat wooden stick or > slat used during periods of meditation to remedy sleepiness or lapses of > concentration. This is accomplished through a strike or series of > strikes, usually administered on the meditator's back and shoulders in > the muscular area between the shoulder blades and the spine. The keisaku > itself is thin and somewhat flexible; strikes with it, though they may > cause momentary sting if performed vigorously, are not injurious. - > Wikipedia.com > [File:Keisaku1.jpg] > ...Bill! ------------------------------------ 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/
