Zen as Technique

Duration: 25:30Date: December 29, 2010.Duration: 25:30ever, even though the Buddhist tradition has it's own traditions of deities and myths, it is primarily communicated in terms of a technique.The limitations of those perspectives are then discussed.Themes include: differences between Consciousness in Buddhism and God in the Western tradition; scientific materialism; Zen Buddhism as *technique*; Zen Mind Beginner's Mind by Suzuki Roshi; the idea of 'expertise' at Zen technique in relation to Roshi's 'Worst Horse' story; the difference between the realm of the Divine and our world; the demonic nature of the world; success and failure in Zen