How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

[Shugen]

Re: How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

Reading about it......about 10 years.

Sitting about 1/2 an hour every week (counting breath)......about 8 years.

Sitting 6 days a week for 1/2 an hour or longer(shikantaza)......about 6 months.

Thank you Treeleaf.

Ron

[Dojin]

Re: How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

i guess for about 4-5 years now. i have started sitting and i do it at least 3 times a week sometimes more quite some time ago. sometimes i dont sit for a week or so sometimes i sit every day for month.
the thing is that zazen is even beyond sitting, with time i have noticed how it has affected and virtually became a part of everything i do and everything in my life.

[Mensch]

Re: How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

About 15 months now.

[Ryumon]

Re: How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

I'm a beginner; I first started meditating about 18 years ago (though that was in a different tradition). I've sat off and on during that period; there have been years that I haven't sat and years that I have.

I first read Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind about 27 years ago, but, at the time, didn't follow up on the book.

Kirk

[Eika]

Re: How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

Will wrote:
Hey Guys, Just to keep it short and simple with the topic

How long have you been practicing Soto Zen or Shikantaza?

Sir, yes Sir!
272 days,Sir!


Bill

[Undo]

Re: How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

about this long

[will]

Re: How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

Bil
Sir, yes Sir!
272 days,Sir!

:lol: :lol:

Gassho

[Alberto]

Re: How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

6 yrs

[Kent]

Re: How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

Four months

[Alberto]

Re: How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

DOGEN: "Similarly, do not judge monks as deserving of respect or as being worhless, nor pay attention to whether a person has been practicing for only a short time or many years. Without knowing where to find our own stability, how are we to know where someone else would be more stable?"

(hint: remember the banana)

[will]

Re: How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

DOGEN: "Similarly, do not judge monks as deserving of respect or as being worhless, nor pay attention to whether a person has been practicing for only a short time or many years. Without knowing where to find our own stability, how are we to know where someone else would be more stable?"

Thank you for posting that Alberto. Good point. However, not the reason for this thread. This was started with the intention of adding some closeness to the community, not a yard stick to measure our practice with.

I am very happy to see so many people come together for this practice and this thread has been fun.

Without knowing where to find our own stability, how are we to know where someone else would be more stable?"

A good thing to keep in mind.

Gassho Will

[Bansho]

Re: How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

Hi Will,

Hey Guys, Just to keep it short and simple with the topic ops:

How long have you been practicing Soto Zen or Shikantaza?

Well, I became very interested in Buddhism about 6 years ago, but I'd say my Soto Zen practice didn't really begin until I started with Shikantaza about 4 years ago. Nuff said?

Gassho
Ken

[Martin]

Re: How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

Two and a half years.

Before that, on and off, some time with the Quakers, whose practice has some similarities. And some differences.

Gassho

Martin

[CharlesC]

Re: How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

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[Aswini]

Re: How long have you been practicing Soto Zen?

Interested in buddhism - 15 yrs.

Pracising any meditation - 4-5 yrs

Zazen (shikitanza) - 6 months. After reading Hardcore Zen just sitting just became a natural meditation after doing breath meditation before.