Well Said And Keep Up Your Good Effort. Thankyou For
Your Practice.
Be Well,
Fudo
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>
> Dear Rev. Fudo & Group,
> Deep Bow -
> When I went to my first Zen Sangha meeting I was
excited.
> I was amazed that a practicing group was right under
my nose, and I
> was unaware of it. I am finding that a combination
of factors are
> bringing forth an inner peace that remains at all
times.
> None of the members are egoless, but the teacher is
able to teach
> and is respected. The magic that I notice is how
alive I am now
> in all moments that come along. The way I deal with
life is not the
> same as before I began the practice of meditation
and learning
> from various teachers. This group does enable
posters to learn
> about Zen Buddhism, but it does lack constant
guidance that
> only can be found one/one with a trusted master.
> ************************************
>
> I would invite you to spend a few moments in a real
> Zen sangha. There you will quickly see that there is
> nothing magic in Zen that somehow changes into
> perfection each thing it touches. You will find all
> the abuses, all the imperfections of any human
> institution. It is not that today there is something
> degenerate about the practice...in Buddha's day he
had
> to tell his monks not to fuck trees for heaven's
sake.
> Yet we later learn that even the tree fuckers became
> arhats eventually.
>
> During the flowering of Buddhism in China there were
> only three or four monks in each monastery...and not
> all of them "got it". There is nothing magical that
> will happen when you touch a Zen book, nor is there
> anything magic that will happen when you sit down to
> do zazen, nor sit with a sangha nor meet your
teacher.
> No single experience or lack of experience will
change
> you into a Buddha. This is all an organic process.
It
> is a natural process...all you have to do is engage
in
> the process. It is a tried and true process proved
> over thousands of years.
>
> This list too is a process. Each contributer (even
> those who only have criticism to offer) is a part of
> the process. We are all in it together and we all
> depend on one another, the loud and the weak. If you
> cannot have faith in your fellow posters, nor in the
> things you say you believe in, at least have a
little
> faith in the process that is manifest here on this
> list.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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