--- In [email protected], "Bill Smart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Saturday, December 24 Michael Hansen posted: > >An attachment is an attachment is an attachment... Who are we to judge one > "worse" >or "better" than another? In fact, I've actually heard it said > that "spiritual" >attachments are among the "worst" in that they are the > hardest to overcome because >we actually believe this type of attachment is > doing us some "good." > >Mike > > You can have an attachment to zazen and you can have an attachment to > cannibalism. I think the attachment to zazen is better. Who should judge > these things? Should we look to Dogen or David Loy? No, they cannot judge > these things for us. We are the only ones who can judge these things. > > Most people start zen practice with the egotistical goal of becoming > enlightened. There's nothing wrong with that initially. It's better than > not starting zen practice. Hopefully after some practice the goal of > obtaining enlightenment for egotistical reasons will fade and be replaced by > the goal of obtaining enlightenment for others. That goal too may > eventually fade into just sitting, just practicing zen - because that is > just what you do. > > That is a doing that is non-doing; an attachment that is non- attachment. > > Gassho...Bill! >
Yes, I always tell people to start practicing zazen "For all the wrong reasons." Do it to be healthier, reduce stress, increase focus, decrease anxiety etc. etc. Becuase I'd rather see them do it for those reasons than not do it at all. Eventually then they do "get it." ------------------------ 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/
