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Zen - Introduction to zen practice / full version - Taigen Shodo Harada Roshi

DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
edited March 2012 in General Banter

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  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    When I have some time today Leon I will be sure to watch it, I know little about zen and I must admit, I have always had a kind of notion that it seems like the lazy school. You know, just sit, be with what is etc. Also a lot o the proverbs seem paradoxical lol, but I am ignorant to it so I shall view it at some point.
  • KangarooKangaroo
    Thank you Leon. That was very helpful. I'm making my way to the cushion right now.
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    So I watched it like I promised, is it just me or is he speaking in a language I do not understand? This really did not help in the slightest because it was a guy saying an awful lot about something which I do not understand. I am sure if I spoke the language it would have helped...
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    So I watched it like I promised, is it just me or is he speaking in a language I do not understand? This really did not help in the slightest because it was a guy saying an awful lot about something which I do not understand. I am sure if I spoke the language it would have helped...
    You have to turn on the subtitles.
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    CC on the bottom of the youtube player.
  • ThailandTomThailandTom Veteran
    lol :dunce:
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    Thank you Leon. That was very helpful. I'm making my way to the cushion right now.
    You are welcome!:)
  • genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
    Thanks, Leon -- I'd never heard him give a talk.
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    Thanks, Leon -- I'd never heard him give a talk.
    Welcome!
  • seeker242seeker242 Zen Florida, USA Veteran
    I know little about zen and I must admit, I have always had a kind of notion that it seems like the lazy school.
    Proper Zen practice requires disciplined and diligent daily meditation practice, definitely not for the lazy. :) People who live at zen temples generally get up at 4-5AM every day, definitely not for the lazy. :) To "just sit" requires a fair amount of discipline. To "just sit" is quite difficult!

  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    I know little about zen and I must admit, I have always had a kind of notion that it seems like the lazy school.
    Proper Zen practice requires disciplined and diligent daily meditation practice, definitely not for the lazy. :) People who live at zen temples generally get up at 4-5AM every day, definitely not for the lazy. :) To "just sit" requires a fair amount of discipline. To "just sit" is quite difficult!

    Exactly!
    Not only that but they also clean around the Temple do other chorus, like cooking and much more. Zen is a one of the most difficult practices in Buddhism.
  • genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
    Zen is a one of the most difficult practices in Buddhism.
    I didn't know that.
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    Zen is a one of the most difficult practices in Buddhism.
    I didn't know that.
    You being sarcastic.....
  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    When I have some time today Leon I will be sure to watch it, I know little about zen and I must admit, I have always had a kind of notion that it seems like the lazy school.
    No no... that's Pure Land! :p

    Joking!! I have lots of respect for Pure Land, and considered myself a practitioner of Jodo Shinshu at one point, but it really is the "easy path." The temple that I attend every so often is a mix of Chan and Pure Land (mainly Chan), so I get a bit of both worlds.
  • ethereaetherea Veteran
    I liked it a lot........mainly because I didn't and don't know a great deal about Zen and was pleasantly surprised to find that the breathing technique is one that I use anyway as a good "centerer" (just made that up but you get the drift). Thanks for sharing. ;) It has given me the incentive to research Zen a bit further.
  • genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
    Zen is a one of the most difficult practices in Buddhism.
    I didn't know that.
    You being sarcastic.....
    Nope. I figure, but don't know, that any Buddhist practice is "most difficult" according to the determined seriousness of mind that students bring to it.
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    Zen is a one of the most difficult practices in Buddhism.
    I didn't know that.
    You being sarcastic.....
    Nope. I figure, but don't know, that any Buddhist practice is "most difficult" according to the determined seriousness of mind that students bring to it.
    Difficult because it's the simplest. That's how I look at it.
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