> > 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.
You're right, that's not what I meant. Both Rinzai and Soto have many of the same koans, but we use them differently. Rinzai is known for its systematic, hierarchical study of sets of koans. In the Soto I am familiar with, the Genjo-koan is emphasized, and the other hundreds of koans often referred to during talks, formal and informal. I am just wondering if any Soto pratitioner had ever had a koan or two assigned more formally, with responses/expression given to the teacher during dokusan. It sounds as if that might have happened under Dogen. More flexible, more targeted than the system of the Rinzai. Still curious, Ryunen ------------------------ 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/
