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Primarily Zen
lobster
Crusty Veteran
This is an intro to Zen
http://www.dharmanet.org/ZenPrimerNorman.htm
My formal practice tends to form around the shikantaza used by the online Zendo at treeleaf.org
http://practiceofzen.com/tag/shikantaza/
Zen answers, teachers and the occasional crazy crustacean are on this forum:
http://www.zenforuminternational.org
However I still make use of japa/mantra meditation and really need to do some meditation movement. That will probably be yoga or qi ong. I keep saying that but not implementing ... 
Are you a purist within your Buddhist school/tradition?
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So basically sitting mindfulness? Bare attention on experience?
I don't drink anyone's kool-aid.
When I first was introduced to the Dharma/Buddhism, I was under the impression, Buddhism was Buddhism, and that there was only one type... I would listen to whoever was teaching the Dharma and if what was taught resonated within, that was good enough....
I'm somewhat of a purist when it comes to the 4NTs & 8FP ( that is, I have no interest in following any other spiritual path ) but not when it comes to schools/traditions...
The Dharma is the Dharma... and All roads (Buddhist traditions) eventually lead to Rome/Enlightenment/wherever
Pretty much.
I find formal meditation is just mindfulness with less movement. At the moment my eyes are closed lightly, which changes the emphasis. Stillness can induce a calm trance like state and I normally finish the formal sit before this happens.
"Do not believe in styles, styles separate man." ~Bruce Lee
Style of no style
I find that Pureland has been influenced by Christianity, Tibetan Buddhism by Shamanism, Zen by Taoism and Confucianism, Theravada by Jainism and so on.
However focus/right concentration on core teachings/practices/symbology etc is more beneficial than New Age platitudes and mushy thinking, in my experience.
-Wu...
...> @lobster said:
Yes true...
Purist? No. I tried doing prostrations and quickly realized it wasn't for me (Korean Zen) and I refuse to wear knee pads to practice.
^^^ prostrations, zen in motion, mantra, zen in speech, beach combing, zen gardening.
It is all Zen! Buddha be praised!
Pah! Them Zennies just make it up as they go along, next they'll be doing motorcycle maintenance and calling that Zen!
^^^ cup of tea zen, flower arranging zen, bamboo chopping with sword zen, zen Trungpa style Zen Shamballah, Zen poems, Zen calligraphy, etc
Soon there will be nothing but ZEN.
iz devious but pure plan!
Long live the Zennies! Death to the dead!
Zen just for you @SpinyNorman so enjoy
Zen and the art of ICE CREAM making