See Phillip Kapleau's "Three Pillars of Zen".

If you are interested in zen / chan, this is a good start

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai ... eleft.html

I've been meditating for about ten years now but lately I get to a point where I have a very still mind, no thoughts and no awareness of my body. There's a feeling of losing myself, like there is no me anymore. It's very disconcerting. Just wondering if anyone else has had similar experiences. Are ...

In zen/chan if you see your true nature, recognize yourself, thats a good start.

The three pillars of zen are: skeptical doubt to fuel inquiry, faith in the reality of awakening and the possibility of finding enlightenment yourself, and determination to follow through to the end. Imo skeptical doubt is the most important of the three. Sounds to me like you are in need of another...

If he is looking to avoid practice, unless he has karmic roots, circumstances and insight on the level of say, hui neng, he is deluded. If you are looking for some sort of reconciliation of theravadan and zen buddhism, you must read this: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/dune/giftsheleft.html...

1. Get new friends or do without. 2. Set a timer for your practice and stay down that amount of time no matter what you think or what you think you think. 3. When you start walking toward the cushion or doing your bows or what ever precedes your practice, make a commitment to let go of your negative...

More detail on the interface theory of perception and its meaning for conscious agents:

I agree that sexual intercourse should not be vulgar.

Persons of good quality keep the pinky rigidly extended at all times.

God is ego deified. The very king of illusion, the truth otoh is something else.

Yes bodhidharma was a buddha and a patriarch in a meditation tradition unbroken since the time of the buddha, thousands of years old rather than just a couple of hundred. Dont worry, i dont think anyone will mistake you for the real bodhidharma :) And actually an argument could be made that this guy...

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Wow That was fun. He really has a knack for explaning the dilemma

This is one of the best things i have seen on the subject recently: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/32997" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Donald Hoffmans interfac...

Either way, having the chat room directly on the Dhamma Wheel website beats all the advantages of having an external chat room. It feels much more at home and less of a "coffeeshop a few blocks away". :smile: My eyes are 60 years old and if its about clarity of communication and the wides...