Dogen<\/em><\/a> book) discovers this catalog and seeks to discern through careful historical procedures if authentic practice had been transmitted to what was then known as the US in 2012. He might classify the retreats, give a couple examples, and then calculate the percentage of that type (11% are just too hard to classify even in the 26th Century) \u2013 in reverse order of frequency, of course, so the drama could build:<\/p>\nFood: \u201cBreakaway Cooking with Tea,\u201d \u201cDragon Greens: A Cooking and Gardening Summer Solstice Celebration,\u201d 6%<\/p>\n
Nature: \u201cThe Nature of Zen,\u201d \u201cWildflowers and Birds of Tassajara,\u201d 8%<\/p>\n
Zen: \u201cDogen Zenji\u2019s Mountains and Waters Sutra\u201d (this is one of two study weeks, descriptions on p. 57, the last page), \u201cPresenting Suzuki Roshi\u2019s Teachings,\u201d 9%<\/p>\n
Art (usually the written kind, usually paired with Zen): \u201cWords under Words,\u201d \u201cBrush Mind,\u201d 11%<\/p>\n
Psychology and Zen (usually an adult adjustment disorder): \u201cThe Well-Fed Woman,\u201d \u201cTrue Person Retreat: Discovering the Life You\u2019re Meant to Live,\u201d 17%<\/p>\n
Body: \u201cZen Mind, Zen Yoga,\u201d \u201cBreath of Fire, Breath of Peace: Breathing Practice in Zen and Yoga,\u201d \u201cHealing with Qigong and Zen,\u201d 38%<\/p>\n
Now don\u2019t you think Steve\u2019s incarnate would think, \u201cWow, that\u2019s kinda curious!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would a 21st Century Zen Monastery offer only 9% of its sessions on Zen? Maybe they didn\u2019t think Zen had much to offer,\u201d Steve might think.<\/p>\n
But he wouldn\u2019t stop there \u2013 Steve would keep thinking. \u201cWhy would a Zen monastery bury the teaching of Dogen on the last page? Maybe \u2018Zen\u2019 as a commodity in the last remnants of state capitalism, could only sell when fused with other things, especially other \u2018Eastern\u2019 body practices, but other stuff too, like how to be comfortable in your own skin. Hmmmm. Maybe the people who came to those retreats were just really desperate for some kind of relief. Or maybe they were so into denial about the ecological and economic crisis about to unfold that they were just looking for a good time to escape and had exhausted the puny online archives (having watched everything on Netflix twice) available in that early day, so they desperately distracted themselves on themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cOr just maybe there was an error in translation! Maybe they had confused \u2018True Dharma<\/a> Eye\u2019 (as in essential What is It?) with True Dharma \u2018I\u2019 (as in obsessed with the self).\u201d<\/p>\nYour speculation welcome as well, fellow 26th Centurions!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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