I was curious if anyone had experience talking about Zen to Soto buddhists or other kinds of buddhists. I have talked to a few Soto religious people at my local Soto monastery. Asking questions like “what is mind?” or my favorite “is mind buddha or not?”. Some have been interested and other not. A girl teacher even told me once“ordinary mind is not buddha”. She looked really depressed by the way.
Recently I went after they had a seven-day long retreat. I was really impressed by the silence. Then the head teacher opened his mouth and said stuff like “everyone has buddha nature” “we can’t see buddha nature” “we’re all interconnected”. I was suddenly less impressed and grateful to be able to study the real Zen.
What about you?
Submitted December 09, 2018 at 05:09AM by koalazen https://ift.tt/2Pqxntx
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