Friday, April 29, 2016

Experience

An experience under LSD may be psychologically similar to a “Zen experience,” but the way the experience is regarded differs between the Buddhist and ordinary few. Zen Buddhism doesn't attach to special experiences but values equally all ordinary experiences. That is why Soto Zen doesn't lay great emphasis on kensho - enlightenment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Excerpt from Tony Artino's notes of a Shunryu Suzuki lecture 66-11-16 as found on shunryusuzuki.comEdited by DC - Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. - Go to cuke.com What's New [now at blogger] to see more daily posts.