Dear Genryu,
This is not to question your tradition or anything, it��s just that I am interested in learning a few things: In the previous message, you wrote, ��Practice is not some special method or activity that takes place outside of daily life but is inclusive of all we do in daily life and just sitting is not concerned with any theme, even purity. There is also just walking, just eating, just seeing - practice emphasizes the just part, not the sitting part alone.�� 1) Since practice emphasizes the ��just�� part as well, and there are also all kinds of other ��just�� activities like ��just walking�� and ��just seeing��, why is that in Soto Zen there is an emphasis on ��just sitting�� in its practice and not on other forms of ��just�� activities like ��just standing��? 2) I once heard a quote, ��the practice of zazen is enlightenment.�� Is this consistent with Soto teachings? 3) There are other schools of Buddhism which teaches meditation on the theme of compassion, would this be considered inappropriate by your tradition? 4) Does Soto Zen use the Koans? Is so, how is Koan used? Thanks, Garleon ------------------------ 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/
