Actually, the new abbot has been ordained and studied at several other Buddhist temples in china. He is the third abbot in like 300 years. He is doing a lot...
Well to be an abbot of a temple the government has to appoint you. Used to be the emperor would but now I'm not sure who in the govt. does. ... Communist...
... On the other hand, the Sixth Patriarch's monastery, Nan Hua, seems quite active and seen a few Americans. What kind of Chan they teach there, however,...
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Dark Zen - Alternating between the unpleasant and the faintly amusing. Genryu ... From: JC To: sotozenbuddhism@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 01,...
Dark Zen? My mother taught me if I did not have anything nice to say, to say nothing at all. Be Well Fudo __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? ...
Oh man help a brother out! Really, I get "bad vibes" from the whole dark Zen thing. It's mystic Zen or something right. Personally, I'm not so sure one can...
I've encountered the Dark Zen agitators on alt.zen and, I think, other newsgroups before, and the one guy certainly seemed to be a master -- of circular...
... Gee, I wonder why! ... Don't worry about the word "mystic." People use it in different ways, and in some of them, Zen definitely is mystic. However, That's...
In the Fall issue of Buddhadharma, the respected teacher Sheng-yen speaks on the practice of Silent Illumination. Although he claims it is not the same as...
greetings to the soto-list. if anyone is willing, i would like to read a coherent description of the japanese word "jiri-ki". i've never read about it, the...
Hello, Bret! ... OK, this is hardly coherent, but: You might want to try asking about this on one of the yahoogroups Pure Land groups. My impression is that...
if you can find it the book opening the hand of thought, by Kosho Uchiyama talks about this its out of pront right now, but should be back next spring. ... of ...
The meaning of all symbols in Myth refer to YOU. Not the *out there*, not Jesus, not Buddha, not God. It is all about YOU having died to your animal nature and...
greetings to the soto list. JC <haikusuperstar@...> wrote: if you can find it the book opening the hand of thought, by Kosho Uchiyama talks about this ...
Folks, I just wonder if anyone knows any company or corporation that really applies or seeks to apply zen principles to daily work and human relations in the...
Dear Francisco, Check into the various businesses run by Zen Mountain Monastery in Mt. Tremper, NY. I'm pretty sure they do this. hands together, Myo Wol ... ...
i read this , and was wondering what others thought. jc Shaolin Chan (Zen) by De Ru (Shawn Liu) Chan is nothing. Chan cannot be said. That which can be named...
It sounds like good, old-fashioned zen buddhism to me. And, in a way, it also explains why zen buddhism is not growing as fast as tibetan buddhism in the west....
Well Tibetan Buddhism is larger than Zen Buddhism in America. I'm not sure why though. I think that article, was deceptive though. I think it plays too much...
This seems both quite correct -- and heavily influenced by Taoism. (Which, of course, Zen is notorious for.) Myo Wol ... "Nobody gets paid for being a poemer."...
What do I think? I think someone should remind this 'teacher' that the present Shaolin monks are fakes to attract tourists and film companies. And that the...
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