The Only Way To Become Intimate With All The Teachings Of Soto Zen Is To Enter The Culture. If Your Intrest In Soto Zen Goes Beyond Idle Curiosity I Would Recommend You Stop By A Sangha And Dip Your Toe In The Culture. I Think It Is The Only Way To Put The End To These Questions And Give You A Whole New Set That Will Actually Change How You Are In The World,
--- Garleon Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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 Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------ Rev. Fudo Michael Koppang -------------------- This message was sent from a PCS Phone from Sprint. Get a free PCS Mail account! Sign up via the Web Browser on your Sprint Phone or at http://www.sprintpcs.com. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UwRTUD/UOnJAA/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/
