Re: Purpose of a Zen teacher?
my first zen teacher, really wasnt my teacher, but rather an old rinzai priest i had an on going snail mail relationship with. i really just wanted acceptence at the time. to be recognized. but i've never forgotten one thing he told me "zen is just samu and zazen" that was it ,nothing special.
my next teacher i formed quite a bond with, perhaps too close a bond, we spent holidays together, went out for lunch, to the movies, borrowed each others dvds.
he became to me a sort of father figure.
but i think thats what i had wanted from both of them.
maybe its what i needed, maybe it wasnt. but it's what i got, and i'm greatful to them to this day.
my first zen teacher, really wasnt my teacher, but rather an old rinzai priest i had an on going snail mail relationship with. i really just wanted acceptence at the time. to be recognized. but i've never forgotten one thing he told me "zen is just samu and zazen" that was it ,nothing special.
my next teacher i formed quite a bond with, perhaps too close a bond, we spent holidays together, went out for lunch, to the movies, borrowed each others dvds.
he became to me a sort of father figure.
but i think thats what i had wanted from both of them.
maybe its what i needed, maybe it wasnt. but it's what i got, and i'm greatful to them to this day.
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