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- Tue Apr 12, 2016 2:19 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: The practice as an obstacle
- Replies: 54
- Views: 7843
Re: The practice as an obstacle
Sounds familiar? Anyone? Absolutely. It got so bad that I had to abandon Vajrayana. Really now? That's very interesting to me. Would you care to elaborate please? I started practicing zazen in my 20s, I was self taught, and it was going fairly well. I continued reading about the various traditions ...
- Tue Apr 12, 2016 1:46 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: The practice as an obstacle
- Replies: 54
- Views: 7843
Re: The practice as an obstacle
Absolutely. It got so bad that I had to abandon Vajrayana.Kelwin wrote:Sounds familiar? Anyone?
- Mon Apr 11, 2016 8:00 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Intellectualization
- Replies: 89
- Views: 14729
Re: Intellectualization
It is good to know that this is not just a Zen perspective.
I wont be jumping through your hoops, Johnny.
- Mon Apr 11, 2016 2:21 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Intellectualization
- Replies: 89
- Views: 14729
Re: Intellectualization
This does not mean Zen practitioners must become scholars (I certainly am not). But I would say that a teacher who does not at some point "dissect the path" - or who is unable to have an intelligent conversation about it - is pretty useless. It is important though to make a distinction between incl...
- Mon Apr 11, 2016 2:01 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Intellectualization
- Replies: 89
- Views: 14729
Re: Intellectualization
This is exactly the point. When there is preoccupation of mind, what form does it take?Johnny Dangerous wrote:... with Zazen you sit without any preoccupation or expectations whatever...
- Mon Apr 11, 2016 1:46 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Essence of Chan
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5041
Re: Essence of Chan
"Rest in the moment between thoughts."
- Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:51 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Intellectualization
- Replies: 89
- Views: 14729
Re: Intellectualization
Let me ask this question: What preoccupies your mind when you sit in zazen?
- Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:32 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Essence of Chan
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5041
Re: Essence of Chan
I doubt that is the "essence of Chan", so much as invoking a moment of bliss. But there is already a thread on that.
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 11:33 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Intellectualization
- Replies: 89
- Views: 14729
Re: Intellectualization
I wonder how many native to the Zen subforum are even interested in this intellectualization of intellectualization at all. Enough to keep posting in them, evidently. Enough to indicate the level of disinterest. Also what qualifies someone as a "Zen native" anyway? Someone who practices Zen and doe...
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 11:27 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Intellectualization
- Replies: 89
- Views: 14729
Re: Intellectualization
I wonder how many native to the Zen subforum are interested in this intellectualization of intellectualization at all.
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 10:25 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Bliss in Zen (sukha)
- Replies: 113
- Views: 18890
Re: Bliss in Zen (sukha)
What moon?
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 10:12 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Bliss in Zen (sukha)
- Replies: 113
- Views: 18890
Re: Bliss in Zen (sukha)
The language of Zen
Is the finger pointing at the moon.
How rude to point!
Is the finger pointing at the moon.
How rude to point!
- Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:37 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Bliss in Zen (sukha)
- Replies: 113
- Views: 18890
Re: Bliss in Zen (sukha)
Some wonderful quotes, Jundo.
Johnny, make him post more.
Johnny, make him post more.
- Fri Apr 08, 2016 10:49 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Words on nihilism
- Replies: 48
- Views: 6417
Re: Words on nihilism
- Nihilism is certainty of nothingness, the extreme view that all is desolate. It is as much a feeling as it is a thought. Avoid certainty and you wont go wrong.
- Some opinionated goat
- Thu Apr 07, 2016 6:48 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Bliss in Zen (sukha)
- Replies: 113
- Views: 18890
Re: Bliss in Zen (sukha)
As Kodo Sawaki says ... In the world, it’s always about winning or losing, plus or minus. Yet in Zazen, it’s about nothing. It’s good for nothing. That’s why it is the greatest and most all-inclusive thing there is. ... When I’m asked what is the purpose of zazen, I have to say no purpose. As I’ve ...
- Fri Apr 01, 2016 1:17 am
- Forum: Games & Humour
- Topic: Yes or No ...
- Replies: 1035
- Views: 147991
Re: Yes or No ...
Yes, regrets.Kunga Lhadzom wrote:Do you collect anything ?
But now that I have the full set, I am looking at developing another hobby.
Does anyone have any use for regrets?
- Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:02 am
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: A Tale of Two (Not Two) Nagarjunas
- Replies: 55
- Views: 10302
Re: A Tale of Two (Not Two) Nagarjunas
I don't think its a matter of resonance but a matter of capacity. Personally, I think Zen is actually high capacity stuff--- but high teachings require students with high capacity to receive it. So if you don't have the capacity, it seems the message is to find another tradition. Despite what I may...
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:03 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Should I go to a temple?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2385
Re: Should I go to a temple?
I think ultimately this is true, but requires a special kind of understanding.seacat wrote:I was just under the impression that it was not necessarily to believe in anything to be a Buddhist.
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 8:23 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Should I go to a temple?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2385
Re: Should I go to a temple?
I like everything except for belief in rebirth and gods. You are certainly not alone. There are traditions within Buddhism (such as Zen) that place much less emphasis on rebirth than other traditions. But as others have said, it is best to maintain an open mind. I would suggest that you investigate...
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 7:57 am
- Forum: Games & Humour
- Topic: Song Name Game
- Replies: 376
- Views: 58426
Re: Song Name Game
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum ('cos it's Christmas)