So zen practice is a sort of long running historical thing, with traditions and so on. It generally works and generally avoids the flagrant extremes of bad behavior. If you sit earnestly for several hours and are starting to obsessively think about if you are enlightened or that person over there a well timed yell can be just the thing to cut off that BS. I find in Soto Zen the rules and traditions are somewhat arbitrary, it is the opportunity to observe your idea of your specialness resist the limit. But it's not for everyone.
Thanks, --Chris 301-270-6524 On Feb 1, 2013 10:28 AM, "Bummy McNeedy" <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been meditating for about 5 years, and taking the zen approach for > about a year, and feel I'm making progress. I'd like to go to a zen > monastery, but not in a radiated place like Japan or S. Korea. However, all > the zen masters out there I've run into or found, are not enlightened at > all. In fact, they've all trivialized zen, and do tired out bullshit like > yell KATZ, and bang sticks. This was done at one time, as a fresh way to > stop one's mind. It was never meant to become a stupid tradition. Anyway, I > want to find a real McCoy, enlightened master. Doesn't matter how far away, > just has to be real, and not basting in radioactive debris. > Thanks, > B. McNeedy > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
