Greetings to all! This is my first post here and I am thankful..... I practice basically on my own now but did have the wonderful opportunity to study for...
Welcome Aboard Kev! I moved to Minneapolis in '83 to study with Katagiri Roshi. I was on my way to study in Japan, but ended up studying with him until he...
In a message dated 11/4/01 9:50:49 PM Pacific Standard Time, kvmuses@... ... Hi Kev, My husband and I live in the Mpls area. My husband was ordained a monk...
Well to simply put things...I am having trouble in a couple of areas. I understand that nothing can truly be defined because of the fluidity of the world. So...
Dear Dennis, I am a soto zen monk so I will speak of my training and understanding. There are as many ideas about meditation as there are meditators I fear. ...
Hello :) I have found myself once more seeking approval. Very subtle. I have again uncovered a 'personality' to seek approval from and to serve. Now it's from...
... Hi Mary, I don't think you are all that alone in approval seeking. I know I seem to have more of a problem with it than others I know. For me the...
... I sometimes get the radical but ineradicable thought that we humans might actually be primates, genetically hardwired to bond socially in a dominance...
... serve. ... Mary, perhaps this event from the life of the great master Ikkyu will help you. Once, Ikkyu went to a banquet in his ragged monk's clothes and...
... The self is the hardest thing to let go of. It's hard for us to imagine who would we be if we didnt have our thoughts, intentions and actions. this is the...
Hmmm :)) ... for ... This brings back a memory from my youth... :)) My father had to address a political & trades union conference.. due to also having to ...
... From: "Mary Ashley" <maryashley@...> ... I was asked something like this once and my reply was: "I cannot point to a place where God isn't." -- Lee...
In message <000d01c1799a$e0bd2060$32bb00d3@vaio>, Lee Love <Ikiru@...> writes ... this reminds me of the opening lines of the Sandokai... The mind of the...
I have discovered a new e-mail list run by a previous member of this list, Zenwabi (Jeff), who was banned by D. Dillon. Some of you may be interested in...
as some of you may have noticed i have changed domain name and web host therefore the December update to the Buddhist bibliography is now accessible at the URL...
In a message dated 12/1/01 1:22:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, anjin327@... ... No way, Josefina. Just another supporter of free speech. And I will not stay ...
Greetings. I want to thank everyone involved for keeping the list alive as I finish up my next-to-last semester at the University. I have been quite busy and...
I thought I'd add a little more thanks for all of Daniel's inspiring posts, Thanks Daniel, ... suggest ... "...he climbs best who carries the lightest load."...
To Sue, Really none of my efforts here have been strenuous at all. It has been a sublime pleasure for me to watch this list slowly grow and change over the ...
To Donna, I offer you a warm welcome on behalf of the many contributors to this list. My own rush of studying is now over, and I as a student know quite well...
Dear Dan, As an addendum to your excellent message, I'd like to add one point of clarification: that aging, sickness, and death are not inevitable sources of...
... From: Dharman Stortz To: sotozenbuddhism@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [sotozenbuddhism] Reply To Donna and...