[Buddha-l] Zen War Guilt/Zen and the Sword

[Wong Weng Fai]

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Franz Metcalf wrote:

> This issue of the potential negative
> effects of meditation ("in some ways it cauterizes the personality and
> seals it off, encapsulates it") has (at last) been getting some
> attention in psychological studies of Buddhist practice.

>From my personal experience, there are some for whom more Dharma study and
understanding, more meditation retreats, and more higher initiations
simply lead to bigger egos.

W.F. Wong