Re: What is a Buddhist?
I agree. When I first started sitting here I was only interested in the practice of Shikantaza. The whole chanting and kinhin didn't really appeal to me. After sitting in every Zazenkai i can, I have come to love those other practices by seeing the beauty in them as well. Seeing less separation and more that they are all one and the same.
Though it was an initial struggle I know enough to never "throw out the baby with the bath water". To many times in life have I had an aversion to something only to later come around and view it in a different light. The thing I have learned and consistently have had reinforced is that our initial opinion/reaction to things can change for the better. Which I find makes it harder to have negative opinions on things. Or at least wait long enough to know whether those initial aversions are warranted or not.
Gassho,
John
Jundo wrote:
Do not throw out the baby with the bath water. Many completely "Japanese" practices which seem silly at first are worth keeping.
Do not throw out the baby with the bath water. Many completely "Japanese" practices which seem silly at first are worth keeping.
Though it was an initial struggle I know enough to never "throw out the baby with the bath water". To many times in life have I had an aversion to something only to later come around and view it in a different light. The thing I have learned and consistently have had reinforced is that our initial opinion/reaction to things can change for the better. Which I find makes it harder to have negative opinions on things. Or at least wait long enough to know whether those initial aversions are warranted or not.
Gassho,
John
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