I agree with Chris. I think face-to-face interaction with your teacher is essential - especially prior to realizing Buddha Nature (kensho). But then again that's the way I did it so maybe I'm just being too narrowly focused on that. I just know even the presence of others in the sangha while sitting seemed to elevate my energy level and determination. Sitting alone can be difficult at times.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> wrote: > > http://www.treeleaf.org/about-treeleaf-teachers-jundo-taigu-and-our-lineage/ > > I am highly sceptical but again without much actual experience of it -- as > a Soto student and as a parent I put a lot of stock in face to face > transmission. > > --Chris > > Thanks, > > --Chris > chris@... > +1-301-270-6524 > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Joe <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > > Chris, > > > > Interesting! An online zendo. > > > > Maybe I need to get out *less*, then. ;-) > > > > --Joe > > > > > ChrisAustinLane <chris@> wrote: > > > > > > There is an electronic Zendo that is completely online. They broadcast > > the bell ringer on the Internet and all sit together at the same time but > > not in the same place. > > > > > > It seems quite different from the eyeball to eyeball teaching that I > > know but I also speak from the outside, so to speak. > > > > > > > > > On Nov 13, 2012, at 7:37, "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote: > > > > > > > But my exposure within zen circles is within the formal scene, not the > > renegade or maverick scene, if there is any such scene. Maybe I just need > > to get out, more. ;-) > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
