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"the key thing is who the advice is coming from (read: an actual zen teacher who has received transmission, not a charlatan mindfulness camp fleecing wannabe mi
by pmoriarty 5y ago
"the key thing is who the advice is coming from (read: an actual zen teacher who has received transmission, not a charlatan mindfulness camp fleecing wannabe mindfulness bro's out of several hundred dollars to sit with no experience for 10 days)"
Why Zen specifically? There are many different types of Buddhism.
Even if it does have to be Zen, which kind of Zen? Rinzai or Soto, or some mix of the two (which some Zen schools advocate)?
And why Buddhism, anyway? Meditation is practiced in many different religious traditions.
"mindfulness" is itself rooted in the Theraveda -- not Zen -- Buddhist tradition, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the "right" way to meditate must be a Buddhist way as opposed to, say, one of the many Hindu forms of meditation.
- cyberpunk 5y agoI can only speak from my own experience as a Soto zen Buddhist. It’s ridiculous really, to spend years staring at a wall. Of course there are many paths, however I am only aware of the one I’ve been down. So, yeah, I have zen tinted glasses on such subjects and whatever I am saying should be taken with the appropriate sodium chloride.
- NoOneNew 5y agoNo one is obligated to list every facet to anything just to tickle your "I'm included in what some random person is saying". The commenter is speaking out of their own experience. It's not about you. Actually add something regarding those other practices instead of virtue signaling.
- cscurmudgeon 5y agoThe OP is mentioning different forms to probably indicate some forms might be easier to learn. If you don't have anything positive or constructive to add, why not stay silent? That too is a form of mediation.
- denton-scratch 5y agoTheravada developed around the same time the Mahayana emerged. Mindfulness practice predates the Theravada by 500 years.