Jesus. Buddha. All Catholic priests and most monks and brothers. They all are single and celibate. And they all are supported by the lay community to continue their spiritual practices.
Yet Zen is accessible to all, lay people and monastics alike. Where are there good examples of followers of the Way, who are also full-time workers, full-time fathers and mothers?
There seems to be a tradeoff between spiritual practice and worldly... conformity? Have you ever seen someone with a 9-5 and five kids who embodied the Way? I know of maybe two or three people who come close. I’d love to know of more. Zen is a most ordinary practice... where are the ordinary practitioners?
(Or is it that those with no family or job are a naturally overrepresented group within any tradition, given the extra resources they have to publicize their practice as compared with someone whose resources are consumed for family and fiscal responsibilities?)
Submitted August 31, 2020 at 05:52AM by HardlyEvenKnow https://ift.tt/3ly56CM
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