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**DuePew** · 03-28-2010, 09:50 PM

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I have always thought that to be "married" with only one tradition can not be a very good idea. As I am not very orthodox in the way I think I do not conssider just practicing only one tradition.

In Zen we have also different Zen aproaches so we have Soto and Rinzai just to tell two of them. I have found in my practice very usefull to take some good things from Rinzai even being a Soto student.

But not only for Zen, here I have found Theravadin tradition very interesting also for the improvement of my Zen practice and I am now in the task of looking for a Theravadin group in my country.

For many years I was enloved with Tibetan. From there I learnt many good things and disciplines to focus my mind that I now use to help myself with Zazen.

To be attached to only one traditon, and to what "my teacher says" is, for me, a big mistake because as Frank has told:

"the different schools are all pointing in the same direction,(Liberation)".

But on the other hand, we have to pay attention not to make a kind of New Age mixture with buddhist traditions.

I have had expresed some of my inquietudes about Theravadin tradition and I have been encouraged to keep looking at that.

03-28-2010, 09:50 PM	#4
DuePew Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 634 Senior Member	from post #1 I have always thought that to be "married" with only one tradition can not be a very good idea. As I am not very orthodox in the way I think I do not conssider just practicing only one tradition. In Zen we have also different Zen aproaches so we have Soto and Rinzai just to tell two of them. I have found in my practice very usefull to take some good things from Rinzai even being a Soto student. But not only for Zen, here I have found Theravadin tradition very interesting also for the improvement of my Zen practice and I am now in the task of looking for a Theravadin group in my country. For many years I was enloved with Tibetan. From there I learnt many good things and disciplines to focus my mind that I now use to help myself with Zazen. To be attached to only one traditon, and to what "my teacher says" is, for me, a big mistake because as Frank has told: "the different schools are all pointing in the same direction,(Liberation)". But on the other hand, we have to pay attention not to make a kind of New Age mixture with buddhist traditions. I have had expresed some of my inquietudes about Theravadin tradition and I have been encouraged to keep looking at that.
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