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**doogiehoussi** · 07-29-2012, 11:00 AM

Tibetan Buddhism isn't the whole of the Mahayana tradition !

True. But intimate relationship with the teacher, Boddhisatva ideal and rebirth seem to be core teachings for Mahayana practitioners. All this is not seen in Zen way of practice, even when some schools declare themselves -in the paper- as Mahayana; but never happens in practice.

The school I practiced with was one of those of the 'reformed' Soto schools and we didn't considered ourselves as Mahayana but just as Soto.

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doogiehoussi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 534 Senior Member	Tibetan Buddhism isn't the whole of the Mahayana tradition ! True. But intimate relationship with the teacher, Boddhisatva ideal and rebirth seem to be core teachings for Mahayana practitioners. All this is not seen in Zen way of practice, even when some schools declare themselves -in the paper- as Mahayana; but never happens in practice. The school I practiced with was one of those of the 'reformed' Soto schools and we didn't considered ourselves as Mahayana but just as Soto.
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