Group,
Regarding the relative quietness here lately, I post a contribution that to me
seems apropos, or appropriate to this situation.
Old D.T. Suzuki introduced the West to much about Zen through his ESSAYS in the
1950s, and emphasized the Lin Chi, or Rinzai sect's teaching.
This made all the Beats of the era (1950s) try to talk in riddles or quizzical
and even disrespectful-sounding rejoinders to questions, or to make
ridiculous-sounding assertions.
Unfortunately, they had no practice under their belts, only Wine.
They were aping only 1/5 of the remaining schools of Zen practice.
Suzuki is not to be faulted; only the readers who read only as far as Suzuki,
and who never practiced, are to be faulted.
Here's a snippet from the record of a T'sao Tung (Soto, J.) Ch'an master,
Yaoshan.
Someone asked Master Yaoshan:
"I'm not quite clear about what I'm doing, so please give me some instruction".
Yaoshan said:
"It isn't difficult for me to say something, but it's only good if you
understand what I say just as soon as I finish saying it. If my words make you
think further, it will be my mistake, so it's better if we both keep our mouths
shut."
--Joe
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