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Taigu

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08-23-2012, 01:37 PM

Please, have a look at the following threads:

Zen, sex and...

Open Mind Zen Issues - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10050-Open-Mind-Zen-Issues

So I've been reading some of the challenges OMZ sangha is facing around relationships their sensei has had in the past years. I have mixed feelings about it to be honest. Without ever having the ability to know what truly happened, I wanted to ask the sangha about their opinions? 1. If a teacher has a consenting sexual

Zen and market issue

On Zen and commercialism - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10043-On-Zen-and-commercialism

I subscribed to Tricycle magazine a while ago, and got the latest issue yesterday. I find that there's a lot of spiritual materialism in magazines like that, but the occasional nugget of wisdom. One thing I find interesting is all the ads for paraphernalia, books, retreats, etc. Interestingly, very few of these are for Zen; the

What is the sound of one...

Meditation and music - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10044-Meditation-and-music

Every now and then, I come across an album which has "music for Zen meditation." Is there any tradition of meditating while listening to music? Actually, I find that close, absorbed music listening is a form of meditation, but I never do it on the cushion.

gassho

Taigu (with his computer...back!)
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08-23-2012, 03:03 PM

Thanks Taigu .... and a BIG YAHH for your computer back up and running.

Gassho
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