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His post No.3 did not seem averse to the idea???

In that post he states in the final sentence that all schools point to the same direcction and I agree absolutly with that. But it is not clear that if even pointing all to the same direcction he considers shearing form different traditions in the practice.

In my personal case it is not just about couriosity about different traditions, but also some traditions tend to make some accent in some aspects and not in others so you can bring some other elements to complement your practice or your understanding.

Now, in the case of Zazen, it has to be practiced as it is told by the tradition and is difficult to find equivalences in other meditative methods as the jhanas, but there are other aspects from other traditions that can complent or confirm the Soto Zen practice, as are some fundamental understandings from Theravada or Tibetan arround, for example, the eightfold noble path or the four noble truths.

Just some quik ideas...