Dear Merle,
'twas Bill!(!) !
(even if it might have sounded / still sounds like me). I've been anticipated.
Again. ;-)
I'd say we are ALL learning: whilst on our own; and, because of our
association. The Association of Disassociated Lone Rebels, that is.
Zen-in-a-Chair, this Wednesday?
All my hopes for you, and the gang!,
sounds like a great opportunity, and fun,
Best,
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> joe..i am learning..thank you...merle
>
> Merle,
>
> There is no 'point' to zazen. Zazen is realization. Zazen is Buddha.
> What's the point to Buddha.
>
> Of course you seem determined not to listen to Mike, Chris, Joe or me on this
> subject because I suspect you don't like the idea of conforming to something
> you think is as restrictive as sitting down and keeping still (zazen), so
> I'll give you a few quotes from someone you might listen to (and no it's not
> Edgar)...
>
> "Each moment of zazen is equally wholeness of practice, equally wholeness of
> realization. This is not only practice while sitting, it is like a hammer
> striking emptiness: before and after, its exquisite peal permeates
> everywhere. How can it be limited to this moment?"
> ― Dogen
>
> "The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation. It is simply the Dharma
> gate of repose and bliss, the practice-realization of totally culminated
> enlightenment. It is the manifestation of ultimate reality. Traps and snares
> can never reach it. Once its heart is grasped, you are like the dragon when
> he gains the water, like the tiger when she enters the mountain. For you must
> know that just there (in zazen) the right Dharma is manifesting itself and
> that, from the first, dullness and distraction are struck aside."
> ― Dogen
>
> Th point of zazen in the context of zen or Zen Buddhism, if it can be said to
> have a point, is EVERYTHING!
>
> ...Bill!
>
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote:
> >
> > group..it is not a competition..at the end of the day it's about how we
> >conduct ourselves day to day 24/ 7 in the real world that truly matters..you
> >can meditate till your blue in the face however if you do not put this into
> >real time everyday practise in life then what's the point?..merle
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