Bede, My first teacher http://www.shalem.org/index.php/about-us/people/senior-fellows/rose-mary-dougherty-ssnd was quoted in the cover notes of Boykin's book - she is a Roman Catholic nun, SSND - her Zen lineage is a lot of Catholic nuns and Jesuits stemming from Roshi Kennedy:
http://kennedyzen.tripod.com/ I am Episcopal and practice zen not as a belief system but as actions, as training, which in some vague way improve my chances of responding appropriately to what each moment brings me, or at least keeping my attention present. My son's middle name is Bede. I like Christian zen practictioners rather well, but I'm not sure what the list will say (tho the # of distinct posting accounts seems to have declined over time). We used to have someone that frequently made rather disparaging comments about Christianity (largely based on the press generated by some of the more outspoken christians, or maybe some restrictive childhood). In the US, there are a fair number of Episcopalians interested in meditation of one sort or another, and a non-zero number with formal zen training. --Chris Thanks, --Chris [email protected] +1-301-270-6524 On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:21 PM, frater1958 <[email protected]> wrote: > hello, I am new to this group but glad to be a part of it. > > My name is Bede, 55, live in the UK, and a member of an Anglican Religious > Community. As i have learned more and more about the Contemplative life, so > I have felt a definite 'pull' towards Zen practice. In fact I was delighted > to discover that several Roman Catholic Cistercian Abbots are Zen Masters. > > I am genuinely a beginner, but am keen to learn all that I can. How do > people feel about specifically Christian zen practitioners? I am currently > reading a little book entitled "Zen for Christians" by Kim Boykin. > > Namaste, > > Bede. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
