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From: jimt@yeats.intel.com (Jim Travers)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.eastern
Subject: Re: Zen Buddhism (Is a teacher necessary?)
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Date: 28 Nov 90 01:05:37 GMT
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In article <1990Nov20.033319.15098@nas.nasa.gov>,
unx.sas.com!sascmc@mcnc.org (Chris Conn) writes:
> 
> I'd like to ask these questions to those of you that are 
> interested or involved in Zen Buddhism:
>  
>    Do you think a teacher is really necessary to practise Zen?
>    Does a person have to be involved with a teacher or a group in order
>       to consider themselves a Zen Buddhist?
> 
> -- 
     Chris,

     I'm sure you will get many responses to your questions; more
     than you probably need.  Instead of telling you what I think you should
     do, I will only suggest you look at the following two books:


       "Everyday Zen: Love and Work," by Charlotte Joko Beck, Harper and Row,
            1989.

       "The Work of this Moment," by Toni Packer, Shambhala Pub., 1990.


     Both authors speak from a position of knowledge about Zen Buddhism; both
     confront the issue of authority.


    Jim Travers
    jimt@yeats.intel.com