>On Tuesday, January 03 John Davis posted: > >...[snip]...Zen is what you do when you >sit Zazen...What you believe is something else. The two are not mutually exclusive. >...[snip]...
Although I'm imagine John already knows this I would only add for clarification that 'zazen' does not exclusively refer to formal meditation done on the cushion (zafu). 'Zazen' is to be steadily extended to meditative walking (kinhin), chanting, doing household chores...and eventually to all areas of your life. >Now having said that, many people find joining a sangha and practicing the other stuff >like sutra chanting and rituals and meal gathas and such helpful in their practice. >But, even some of the great Zenji or Masters of the past (what's the word? Ancestors >or predecessors)...[Patriarchs?]...have said that all that is window dressing and it is >the sitting that >leads to enlightenmet. Ever hear someone say "if you meet the Buddha on the path to >enlightenment (or alternatively, the road), kill him?" What this means is sometimes >even the Buddha himself can be an impediment to enlightenment if he becomes an >attachment. ...[snip]... > >Gassho, >John Amen! Well-stated! Thanks for your post. Gassho...Bill! ------------------------ 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/
