From: Francisco Garcia Scherer I am just trying to make the begginers feel more comfortable and welcome in the Zen Center, so they will become permanent members.>
A) Why don't you just ASK them?? Try talking TO people, not at them. Giving a questionaire to people you are looking in the face has to be weird. B) Your Zen Center is what it is. If you are going to change the wallpaper and make things different depending on who is joining, then it might as well be a Fitness Club or Disco. I thought that the Zen Master was supposed to change the students, though I guess the students do change the Teacher during the process of teaching and growing. C) I guess you have good intentions, but is this what your Teacher wants? Why not ask the assembled students to discuss it with him at his next Talk? What can be done to improve the experience? I am sure it would be a lively discussion, and direct discussion is better than collecting written statements and then "interpretting" the opinions of the others. Can to the people directly if you want to know what they want. D) Good luck to your efforts, and let us know what you decide to do, and who is your Zen Master? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WwRTUD/SOnJAA/i1hLAA/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/
