[CarrieSexy]

Yes... Brad has a bent toward Mahayana way of thinking. Here, his last posted video, reveals that bent. The Roshi with which we learnt Zazen never held the idea of "[I think] we are something more like just 'this'

This thought is against a Zen mind.

Thats not relevant to my Brad Warner quotes #15, though !

Anyway, that's all from me - back to bed now.

Thank you and goodnight !

[VIAGRAENLINOBARATOCAMPRAR]

Thats not relevant to my Brad Warner quotes #15, though !

Yes, sorry. But his experience seems to be different from mine while learning Zazen.

[ViaplyVuple]

I think this is them :

aspengold is not under the lineage -'reformed schools'- I have mentioned, so I don't know how they hold the Vows...

[cewIdeatovace]

Anyway, that's all from me

Same here...

Thank you and goodnight ! Good night Aloka,

[seatlyled]

Maybe I'm wrong here too, but it happens in Tibetan tradition where the intimate relationship with the teacher a very important aspect of the practice.

My perspective on this comes from being a long term TB practitioner. I previously was a practicing Catholic, as an adult only, after being baptised Catholic as a baby and making the decision without attending Mass at all during my childhood nor did I have a catholic school education.

In my experience, the relationship with the teacher is not akin to christian worship. In any event, I only ever found the idea of worship in Catholicism being prompted for the benefit of the individual anyway ... God didn't need it - but then my experience of being Catholic was different to many others who had childhood experiences.

[VemyhemiHef]

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OK, lets leave the teacher issue aside and return to the main topic now, please :

"How does Theravada Buddhism differ from other Schools in Buddhism?" .....

Mahayana gets more involved with the ordinary folk where as Theravada keeps more of a distance

I think that may not always be the case in the west.

Amaravati Monastery in the UK, for example, has meditation classes at weekends as well as a weekly evening talk in the Temple. There are public talks and then question and answer sessions afterwards every Sunday during the summer months - and also several residential family events every year when parents take their children to stay there too.

The monastery also has a Lay Buddhist Association and lay practitioners lead retreats and meditation sessions.

http://www.buddhacommunity.org/index...ntGeneric.home

There is a link to us here at BWB in ''Resources'' at their link above.

I'd be grateful if members reading my post would be aware of this and therefore be mindful of general remarks they make in our website forums .

Thanks

[SimSlim]

I think that may not always be the case in the west.

Amaravati Monastery in the UK, for example, has meditation classes at weekends as well as a weekly evening talk in the Temple. There are public talks and then question and answer sessions afterwards every Sunday during the summer months - and also several residential family events every year when parents take their children to stay there too.

thanks Aloka-D

however, i was not referring to such activities. such family orientated activities are more prevelant in Thailand than the UK

i am referring more to the heavy religious indoctrination of society at large & political engagement

kind regards

[gardenerextraordinaire]

thanks Aloka-D

however, i was not referring to such activities. such family orientated activities are more prevelant in Thailand than the UK

i am referring more to the heavy religious indoctrination of society at large & political engagement

kind regards

Thanks Element. I didn't realise that's what you meant.