Thanks, Fudo, for your long answer to my post. I notice you took up the first part of it, but not the last: > When the well-fed sow is asleep on her teats, the hungry piglets are > going to oink among themselves. What is the Soto teacher's great > kindness? To shout at the drowning that they ought to learn how to > swim? which was intended as a challenge to you and Genryu to actually come to grips with the guy's question (which Genryu did in his post that begins "The advice you were given was actually to work with your breathing before attempting Shikantaza, though Shikantaza is not that dissimilar to Dzogchen, with which you have some familiarity.").
If someone asks a question here and the people on this list who "know" hug their wisdom to their chests, isn't it obvious that those who "don't know" are going to be the ones who fill the gap and answer? It seems a bit odd that when you ask a Theravada monastic for teaching or advice, you get it. But when you ask a Zen teacher for the same, you get a big run around. Aren't Theravada monks supposed to be the "selfish" ones, only out to achieve their own nirvana, while Zen teachers are all bodhisattvas, dedicated to helping all beings to enlightenment? James ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? It is easier than you think. Click Here to meet a Child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0Z9NuA/I_qJAA/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/
