dear joe..email first...to the zen in the chair dude...we will see..thank you for your support...enjoy your week..cheers merle 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
