Hi,
This is my first post on the forum. Beware: Rookie question
I have heard that there are robes for lay practitioners.
May I ask when exactly you would be wearing a robe as a lay practitioner?
For example, I am assuming it is only appropriate after the Jukai ceremony.
And never in public, say, if you'd like to practice walking meditiation around your suburb.
Am I right in assuming that one can wear a robe if one feels it will help the practice (at home, as part of a morning ritual before sitting, to 'get in the mood' so to speak), but not if it is ego driven (to show off what a good little Buddhist one is).
It seems, like with so many things Zen, that it is the intention, rather than the outward appearance, that is essential...(Am I on the right track here?)
If anybody would like to share their robing habits I would like to hear them. (Oops, this was not intended as 'ask the scot what's under the quilt' question. I would simply like to know if you wear them, when and why and how you justify it to yourself that it's not about feeding the ego in some way.)
Thanks so much,
Fiona
SatToday
This is my first post on the forum. Beware: Rookie question
I have heard that there are robes for lay practitioners.
May I ask when exactly you would be wearing a robe as a lay practitioner?
For example, I am assuming it is only appropriate after the Jukai ceremony.
And never in public, say, if you'd like to practice walking meditiation around your suburb.
Am I right in assuming that one can wear a robe if one feels it will help the practice (at home, as part of a morning ritual before sitting, to 'get in the mood' so to speak), but not if it is ego driven (to show off what a good little Buddhist one is).
It seems, like with so many things Zen, that it is the intention, rather than the outward appearance, that is essential...(Am I on the right track here?)
If anybody would like to share their robing habits I would like to hear them. (Oops, this was not intended as 'ask the scot what's under the quilt' question. I would simply like to know if you wear them, when and why and how you justify it to yourself that it's not about feeding the ego in some way.)
Thanks so much,
Fiona
SatToday
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