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Old 02-23-2008, 09:18 PM
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What do you say to a person who says, "I like Zen because I don't need to change anything I do and I can mix it with my current religion"?

It's important to not develop anxiety and guilt. But when is no path really no path?
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Old 02-23-2008, 10:42 PM
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I would tell them, they must pick and choose which way their actions would actually take them, including, choosing Buddhism over other religions.
When is no path really no path? This is when one does not pick and choose ( do you get the paradox?).
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Old 02-23-2008, 11:17 PM
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does that mean before picking and choosing?
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What do you say to a person who says, "I like Zen because I don't need to change anything I do and I can mix it with my current religion"?

It's important to not develop anxiety and guilt. But when is no path really no path?
When I take a dump. (I am not making light of the question.)
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Old 02-24-2008, 02:31 AM
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When I take a dump. (I am not making light of the question.)
Remember when I told you there is always time for manners?
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Remember when I told you there is always time for manners?
I was not being facetious. First, what is more natural? And what did you say about "guilt"? Second, I had what you may call an epiphany a few days after my radical prostatectomy...the joy and pleasure there is in something as natural as taking a dump without my mind focusing on the discomfort. Now, if I could only learn to apply it to all of life....
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But when is no path really no path?
When the no path only introduces more entanglements as you walk it, as advertised.
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What do you say to a person who says, "I like Zen because I don't need to change anything I do and I can mix it with my current religion"?

It's important to not develop anxiety and guilt. But when is no path really no path?
If the person coming up with that sort of statement meant it in relation to practising Zazen then yeh, I'd agree it will go with most things. You don't need to change your religion to engage in the practice of Zazen.

If they were saying it but didn't have the direction of quietening the mind, then I'd probably just shrug and ignore them. I'm not the type to hit people with sticks too often.
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