Hi all, I am a new member in this forum. ...........................Introduction...............................
I am presently doing my graduation at IIT Madras. I come from a very religious Muslim family and as such used to be very religious myself, however after staying away from my family for the last 3 years, I began thinking about the various rituals and ideas I believed in and slowly I started realising that maybe I was leading a false life. I was just blindly following what my parents/family taught me was right. This was a very disturbing experience, to realise that what you believed in all your life was absurd .... After that I stopped following any religion. However, after about 6 months I started feeling uneasy and frustrated. At that I began exploring other spiritual/religious ideologies. I was introduced to the Zen philosophy of life by one of my professors about 2 months back. I was immediately struck by some of the ideas of Zen and began to read more about it. I have also started practising ZaZen and find it extremely relaxing. So, I don't have enough knowledge about the teachings of Zen. I wanted to use this forum as a means of knowing more about Zen, reading books, discussing with other Zen practitioners. I am not sure if this is in accordance with the group rules. -------------------------End of Introduction-------------------------- Question: I am more of an agnostic than an atheist. From whatever I have read about Zen, I could find no reference to God. So, is Zen agnostic ? Sorry for the long mail :-). Thanks, ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi 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/
