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What is NOT zen?

|>|sitting in zazen silently and in stillness is wrong sitting in zazen.

there is no 'wrong sitting in zazen'

|> What is this obsession with Zazen? :)

sitting absorption is simply the most intense and conducive of awakening

|...Where is the line between obsession and concientiousness,...?

indicated clearly by embarassment

What Do Buddhists Eat?

|...do Buddhists have a special diet?

yes. buddhists are traditionally vegetarians, likely vegans, though
there are tales of monks eating anything given to them in their
begging bowls (and legend has it the Buddha ate something bad, some
say poisonous mushroom, others bad pork, before he entered
parinirvana (superheaven))

|Are there food practices or rituals you follow?

I am not traditional Buddhist, but I do follow these practices as
often as possible:

eat simple, bland food, which does not heavily impact
the consciousness (low in sugars, most fats), and try
to eat low on the food chain as well as early in the
processing cycle. eliminate red meat consumption,
minimize chicken/fish/egg (eliminate if possible)
focus on grains, fruits, vegetables and legumes.
lately I've been exploring tofu (soybean), which does
appear to taste better when marinated.

(I won't kid you I don't always stick to that diet, but
for extensive periods I have continued it, and enjoyed
it immensely)

|Are there major differences in these practices between the
|varying types of Buddhism and nations?

I imagine that most Buddhists are vegans if they are serious.
my own lazy ways are serving only as learning examples. if
I can do this, so can you (he says, after having completed
two large Kit-Kat bars and a few cookies after a microwave
cheese pasta this evening; I am but an ugh)

|Who/what are the sages. Can we not become our own sages?

no. sage to oneself is not typically described in the texts of old with
which I'm familiar. it is something one speaks about with respect to others,
an ideal, a prototype. speaking of it with respect to oneself is not
conventional and may be seen as comic or rude

|We can, do, will quote from those before us; however, at a time we might
|learn to quote from ourselves.

quotation has its benefits. just as does repeating the motion of the
ideographic painter, the swishing circle, may allow the state of mind
necessary to transcend all barriers and awaken
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