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As a distinction between "weird" and "normal" people, an email from a friend the other day suggested that "normal" people are the ones we do not yet know well enough. I … (View Post)
My experience was that even though I practiced Zen, I still sniffed around ... went to meetings and lectures and practice sessions elsewhere. A purist may call this a no-no approach, but the experien… (View Post)
(Quote) @federica -- Of course it's artifice. The whole shooting match is artifice, don't you think ... sitting down, crossing the legs, keeping still, focusing the mind, counting the breath, calling… (View Post)
I guess one of the reasons I like Buddhism is that it offers -- like all other religions -- hand holds by which to gain entry and advance, so to speak. But Buddhism's hand holds are courteous and com… (View Post)