Speech and Action"So," I responded, "a person practicing Zen might not have enough development to experience full realization." "In Buddhism," Bhante reiterated, "you first have to bring your speech and action under control — that is morality. Then you go to the calming meditation; and, then, proceed to the inside meditation. Through inside meditation you find your true wisdom, your right understanding which leads to deliverance and enlightenment." "Zen doesn’t do a gradual process. That’s the difference, Bhante?" "Not a gradual process, he smiled at me. "They try to get enlightenment from the very beginning. Of course their aim — in itself — leads to some purification. Zen is a meditation sect. "The books written about Zen by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki are very good," Bhante added. |
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