Genryu Wrote:
> The first noble truth is that to live is to experience Dukkha,
> which is somewhat more complex than suffering. It is not that life
> is suffering, which is a common mistranslation that can lead to
> misunderstanding. In regards to Zen dealing directly with
> awakening, practice for strictly utilitarian reasons and practice
> in order to awaken, some Zen teachers don't have a problem with
> those coming to practice because they want to do something about
> say their anger or their shitty relationships but, bearing in mind
> that zazen will not add anything to you, that there is nothing to
> get out of it, good teachers seek to point students towards things
> as they are right now, as opposed to creating an expectation about
> an idealised future state. It isn't that it is wrong to want to do
> zazen because you have high blood pressure or whatever, indeed
> that has a valid place in some circumstances, but practicing 'in
> order to' produce some future result can reinforce the very
> tendencies that contribute to our suffering in the first place,
> such as the resistance to being present with things as they are,
> our proclivity to beating ourselves up because we don't measure up
> to some standard created in our heads of what and how we 'should'
> be and also the habit of seeing the practice as being a collection
> of strategies and tools, when in fact practice and awakening are
> inseperable.
>
> Genryu
>
Thanks Genryu
I do not know why I feel so reticent to talk to a therapist when
psychology was my Reading preference for so many years before I
encounter Buddhism, I think that I felt cheated somehow.
It looks strange that if a practicing layman Buddhist have a problem
recognizing a big attachment that can not shake off as easy as he
would like to, has to go to see a therapist that basically have only
few tools for it and Buddhism looks the right place to find help.
You say zazen would not add anything to me (good to hear that),looks
as if I want to get rid of something here.
Do you think that I should tap into another sect teachings without
quitting zen?, I sort of like Tibetan Buddhism, It is appropriated
to practice with teachings offered in others sects?
Metta
Carlos
Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action,
Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood
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