I wouldn't describe my Soto Zen training as Sudden school, they talked about the rain soaking one gradually, but I will share that the flood of "Zen thoughts" I had in the first year or or so of sitting was a lot sillier than the normal silly street thoughts I noticed when I first sat.
Thanks, --Chris 301-270-6524 On Mar 24, 2013 6:55 PM, "Joe" <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike, > > Yep, folks may always disagree with the personality of the Zen school, but > suffice it to say -- and I hope, to understand -- that the Zen school is > not the Teaching School. > > The "Don't-know Mind" is the one that I think people in Zen practice most > helpfully bring into practice situations. If we go in armed with images, > models, conceptions -- someone ELSE'S wisdom -- we often use those arms > against ourselves, mitigating against an awakening opportunity. > > I've sensed it's a very delicate business, sometimes. Better --in OUR way > -- to arrive empty handed, empty fisted. Nothing to grasp, nothing to > carry you to the other shore. > > This is the way that compassionate geniuses have set up our practice. I > won't disagree with their hearts. > > Other geniuses have set up other schools' practices. Bless their hearts, > too. > > We get to choose which is our school. And then to choose whether to be > true to it. > > --Joe > > > "mike" <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > > > > Joe, > > > > I thought my response struck a perfect balance between serious and > comic! Guess all those years of watching M*A*S*H didn't pay off. > > > > I hear what yor're saying *but* I don't necessarily agree with the idea > that being exposed to some truths lessens the impact, or ability, to sudden > awakening. Usually when we think we've 'got it' we get our arses kicked by > a break thru and the realisation there's a whole lot more (or more > accurately, less) to what we previously believed. > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
