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(Quote) @betaboy - I think "fail" is a very strong word. I think one of the most important aspects about Buddhist meditative practice is the very act of sitting through our tangential thoug… (View Post)
Minimialism in what sense? Also, I think that, like everything, it's just a grey area. Although I have a great affinity for Zen Buddhism, I find massive temples/churches/mosques/statues a very good r… (View Post)
(Quote) A) This thread wasn't about enlightenment. B) You started it! I don't want to carry this fine venue into non-Buddhist realms. Eh well the OP wasn't so explicitly about Buddhism in the first p… (View Post)
I subscribe to the type of Chan/Zen popularized by Shunryu Suzuki and Ven. Sheng Yen. From what I've read, and my limited experience with a sangha, Zen can be quite iconoclastic and even reductionist… (View Post)