jayryunen wrote: > Dear List, > > I'm curious. Has any Soto practitioner out there ever been assigned a koan by their > teacher, other than the Genjo-koan? I mean in a formal sense, where one's > understanding (?) would be expressed during dokusan. > > Blessings, > Ryunen
Dear Ryunen, I have heard it said that in Soto sitting is the koan. Since I have been assigned the task of sitting by my teacher, and discussed sitting with him in Dokusan, I would have to say yes, but I doubt this is what you had in mind. Be Well Fudo ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> 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/
