edgar.... the monk was getting a thrill.. eh?...bondage and control??...whacking and no one could whack him back... the cute one was at his mercy and hence his pleasure...merle 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!
