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Good, that leaves more for those who aren't
sightseers.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 4:10
PM
Subject: [Zen] Hardcore Zen?
Not....
OK, so I live in the L.A. area, and I saw that Brad Warner
has moved
here and started a zen group. He is the author of Hardcore Zen.
So, I
drove out to Santa Monica to check him out. I have been a
zen
buddhist
for about 17 years, and I have studied formally with a
couple of
teachers in the White Plum Soto lineage. Well, I was not "taken"
with
Warner's view on the state of Zen. He did alot of that "shaking his
fist" at the establishment thing. Zen tradition is full of that
stuff,
but his emphasis was more on the rebellion, and less on the answer.
He
denounced the Zen establishment, and ritual, but then performed
ritual
in his practice. When I asked him about it, he said it was because
his
teacher did it that way. The positive, is that he did emphasize
zazen,
and personal daily practice, which in my mind is the basis of what
zen
ia all about. He din't have anything fresh to say, but rambled on
alot.
I appreciate anyone who tries to bring the dharma to those hungry for
the truth, but overall, I was left hungry. I will not be going back
there again, and would not recomend it to others.
In the
Dharma,
Jeff
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