tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756920.post4377966061303933346..comments2024-01-08T06:21:35.864-08:00Comments on Notes in Samsara: Speed and Balance and Mindfulness and Right LivelihoodMumon Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01116967568502451788noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756920.post-75377078086729555432011-03-07T08:06:44.715-08:002011-03-07T08:06:44.715-08:00Yep.
Booj-wah, as Marxy Marx would put it.
Zi...Yep.<br /><br />Booj-wah, as Marxy Marx would put it. <br /><br />Zizek (google it) has scrawled a few interesting things on western buddhism as ...a tool of capitalism, more or less---.<br /><br /><br />I don't completely agree-- there may be mental health benefits to meditation (and to the martial arts)...but there is a certain resignation involved with Bu. -the world's a disaster, so like contemplate your navel, and/or work on the zen of tee-ing off. <br /><br />There are some progressive sorts into eastern religion, but lets not forget that rinzai zen was typically for the aristocratic japanese . In ways quite ...cold, stoical. Similar to the romans' stoicism. <br /><br /><br />The Indian aspects of Bu. are a bit different--a bit mo' human ---but still a religion of negation (as Schopenhauer realized---a negation of the absurd, in a sense). The old monks sit in the forest for years, gazing at ...nada. <br />Maoist praxis thought along those lines (thats not to bless Mao.)Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756920.post-724197379721927002011-03-07T07:39:50.034-08:002011-03-07T07:39:50.034-08:00J:
The hipsters who take up an interest in zen an...J:<br /><br /><i>The hipsters who take up an interest in zen and buddhism tend to be suburban liberals, or above (ie corporate execs), IMHE. It's often a type of escapism.</i><br /><br />Is that so?Mumon Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116967568502451788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756920.post-39823632686224644002011-03-06T11:01:19.292-08:002011-03-06T11:01:19.292-08:00That's one reason I oppose "Golf-zen"...That's one reason I oppose "Golf-zen"--bills must be paid. The hipsters who take up an interest in zen and buddhism tend to be suburban liberals, or above (ie corporate execs), IMHE. It's often a type of escapism.<br /><br />Poor folks on the other hand go to church, er Iglesia. Not saying that's right or wrong--but the way it is. Given Bill Mahersteins, or the latest zen-guru-ripoff, I'm not sure they're so worse off with Paddy McCallahan. At least Paddy will usually call a spade a spade, and shit, shit. (that's not to say hypocrisy is unknown in the RCC). The zen of Notre Dame, mumon. :]Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756920.post-21226367906450605532011-03-06T11:00:22.055-08:002011-03-06T11:00:22.055-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.com