I guess the offer for a free book was impermanent... ;>) ...Bill!
--- In [email protected], "Eccentrics.R.US" <HALatMOTHERSHIP@...> wrote: > > I too went to the ChanCenter and also enjoyed many readings today. > > I don't know where I found the following link, > http://amidatrust.ning.com/ > > but they were offering a link to a free kindle book from amazon called > 'Not Everything is Impermanent' by Dharmavidya David Brazier. > > I was too late to get the free book but the web site has some free audios > taken from the book and I downloaded them. They also have a podcast > that has not been updated yet. > > If you find the free audios for the book Not Everything is Impermanent, > right click on the link to each individual file and save as mp3 or wave form > to your documents. You can listen to them at your leisure and then > can determine if you want to read the book or not. > > M > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Bill! <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > > Mike, > > > > I did read this newsletter and thought it was excellent! > > > > The only exception I would have with it is its claim that "When the method > > of silent illumination was taken to Japan it was changed somewhat. The name > > given to it, "just sitting", means just paying attention to sitting or just > > keeping the physical posture of sitting, and this was the new emphasis." > > > > This was not the way shikantaza (just sitting) was explained to me from > > two different Japanese Zen Buddhist roshis. In fact shikantaza was > > explained exactly as the way "silent illumination" is defined in this > > newsletter. The only difference I could find was the breaking the > > experience into three stages as is done at the bottom of this article. The > > zen training I received did not at all emphasize a lot of stages of things > > or a specific number of this or that like Buddhism in general does. My > > training was very sparse on explanation, especially explanation which goes > > down into great detail. Teaching was by example accompanied with very > > terse explanations, and emphasized doing (experience) over learning > > (understanding). > > > > ...Bill! > > > > --- In [email protected], uerusuboyo@ wrote: > > > > > > Bill!,<br/><br/>If you have time, take a look at this 1995 newsletter > > from Chan Center. <br/><br/> > > http://chancenter.org/cmc/1995/02/01/shikantaza-and-silent-illumination/<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/><br/>Sent > > from Yahoo! Mail for iPad > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
