From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lcrocker@mercury.colossus.net)
Date: Mon Mar 16 1998 - 16:05:08 MST
> Zen masters disdain the use of chemicals or electricity to induce
> enlightenment. They prefer traditions handed down for generations.
One of which is "gunpowder green" tea, a very highly concentrated
caffeine source. They also use the technologies of candles and
incense while disdaining technology.
Don't get me wrong--I practice Zazen myself, and have a great
respect for the likes of Bankei and Dogen Zenji, but don't make
the mistake of believing that Zen is more immume to hypocrisy
than any other religious practice.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lcrocker.html> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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