tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756920.post1011325712286285227..comments2024-01-08T06:21:35.864-08:00Comments on Notes in Samsara: Another post on "nurturing" versus "marine boot camp" BuddhismMumon Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01116967568502451788noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756920.post-15610533367560075422010-11-01T04:29:08.693-07:002010-11-01T04:29:08.693-07:00Anonymous:
No, except insofar is "this way&q...Anonymous:<br /><br />No, except insofar is "this way" is impermanent.Mumon Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116967568502451788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756920.post-21144496334823726022010-10-31T22:44:49.752-07:002010-10-31T22:44:49.752-07:00Loving the new design, great work. Do you think it...Loving the new design, great work. Do you think it will always be this way?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756920.post-65667437117383749762010-10-31T06:18:48.765-07:002010-10-31T06:18:48.765-07:00Anonymous:
There are quite a few other bits I cou...Anonymous:<br /><br />There are quite a few other bits I could have quoted; a few <i>koans</i> come to mind, the Identity of the Relative and the Absolute, the bits on skillful means in the Lotus Sutra. <br /><br />Its just that that poetic part of the Tao te Ching came to mind. <br /><br />Regarding Clark Strand's experience, I wouldn't write off the whole Rinzai tradition because of his experience, and even he does not attribute his leaving the Zen school to any perceived harshness of the tradition but rather with his perception of it being "formulaic," which I find quite odd, because my experience - admittedly as a layman - is that it's all very <i>singular</i>, unique.<br /><br />I also would submit that the Chan monk's experience was, if anything, <i>more harsh</i> than anything that would have been experienced at Dai Bosatsu.Mumon Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116967568502451788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7756920.post-38328953944040616132010-10-31T03:20:19.218-07:002010-10-31T03:20:19.218-07:00You quoted the Tao te Ching to bring a balanced un...You quoted the Tao te Ching to bring a balanced understanding to the so called harsh training involved in zen training. Don't they have have such quotes in the zen tradition you are indoctrinated in? If not i began to wonder why. You defend the harsh treatment of students as though it teaches them that life is tough and even tougher than what they are enduring to learn about their own Buddha nature. Maybe that is not the purpose of the harsh training though. Maybe it is just a masochistic technique that everyone expects in that institution and has little to do with leading others to understanding their own Buddha nature. If some teacher were to strike me, i would strike them back or leave their their place. You might be interested in the interview with a "failed monk" because of this harsh tradition.... located here on the web....<br /><br />http://www.mirabai.com/articles/strand/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com