Merle,
It's ancient.
Every old community in cave-man/cave-woman _homo-sapiens_ time (NOT
Neanderthal!) had Chiefs.
The Chiefs passed down the wisdom and experience of the *community* (sangha) to
each generation in turn, before their death(s), via something called
"transmission".
This is still done today, in Zen circles.
It is quite a responsibility to receive -- and hence to carry -- the
transmission. You must find a new repository for it: a youngster. Or, at
least, someone who will live longer than YOU do, so the vessel's all-important
contents are not lost.
But, I speak too plainly. Don't repeat this!
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> hey joe...
>
> if you don't mind me butting in...
>
> who was the very first person to embrace zen?...
>
> or let's put it this way..the originator?..
>
> surely it's not something startlingly new?...
>
> surely even in the cave era..( early man) there would have been a few zen
> folk amongst the midst..
>
> tis it not a way to view the world.... or interact with the world..
>
> .and i was under the impression zen went to the nitty gritty..
>
> the heart of the matter with out all the" fluff, bubble and endless reams of
> "homework" as you put it...
>
> you dive into the cold salty pool head first so to speak....
>
> your thoughts?..
>
> merle
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