Posted by sigismund on June 14, 2011, at 0:12:19
In reply to Re: sigi » sigismund, posted by floatingbridge on June 13, 2011, at 8:55:27
We sat in the hall. I have only read a fraction of the books. There is the root text and the commentary.
Interestingly, I was hearing Stephen Batchelor, more of a Zen person, talking on a religion program today........that 35 years ago it was Zen that was the thing, not Tibetan Buddhism.
Did I tell you about Koya San? We stayed there when we were in Japan. There is a graveyard. It made an impression on me as powerful as Prague, I don't know why. I don't know which school they are, not Zen, I suspect. Kukai's tomb is there, and the faithful are buried close to him among the trees so that when he awakes they can hear him preach. The trees are so big, and every day there was snow on the branches. It must be a thousand years old. Most of the monasteries were destroyed by warrior monks from the opposing factions.
I liked Japanese architecture. There seemed less need to overawe, more interest in harmony. I couldn't help comparing it favourably to Versailles.
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