Theos-Talk Archives (May 2006 Message tt00303)

THE ZEN ART OF BEING A THEOSOPHIST? 
 
 Dear Friends,
 
“Zendo” is the meditation hall. There  the Zen  disciple meditates – and sleeps at night.  
 
 
A zen-buddhist author wrote something about the “Zendo” which could be written about the theosophical  life: 
 
“A zendo is not a place for bliss and relaxation, but a furnace room for the combustion of our egoistic delusions.  What tools do we need to use?  Only one.  We’ve all heard of it, yet we use it very seldom. It’s called attention.” (1) 
 
 
Best regards,  Carlos. 
 
 
NOTE:
 
(1) Charlotte Joko Beck, quoted in “365 Zen Daily Redings”,  edited by Jean Smith, HarperSanFrancisco,  copyright 1999, 392 pp., see p.  105. 


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