Joe and Merle, To validate what Joe has just said I can turn to a conversation I had with my zen teacher many years ago. Now you need to know this zen teacher was a very accomplished and well-respected zen master. Once later on in my practice about mid-way into my koan study with him I asked him what his practice was now. He replied, 'I am working on Mu.'
...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Merle, > > Many of us died to the small self and the small mind more than once. > > I'm glad we are in your company. Practice is endless, and so is realization. > > Don't stop anywhere. > > And so, the Diamond Sutra teaches: > > "Abiding nowhere, > let the Mind work." > > Don't stick anywhere. Constantly, bring forth This mind; encourage it. > > Practice clarifies the mind, and the world. It's a package deal. The > package has always been very, very large. Yet, all contained where the > thumb-tips touch in zazen, or in the third-eye after awakening. > > Have a look at a Buddha statue: there is nothing magical there: it's all > Physiology. Not *academic* physiology, but physiology from the INSIDE. > > And so I say, "Don't stop". > > Be well! Stay healthy. May the Dharma keep you. > > We're pulling for you. This One being. > > --Joe > > > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > just my final word group...before i might be shooed off to the blue > > yonder... > > > > without discovering zen in my early 20's i'd have been a "dead duck" > > metaphorically speaking... > ------------------------------------ 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/
