[Buddha-l] Re: recommendations for books on Madhyamika

[Jim Peavler]

Thanks very much for clarifying my rather horrifyingly sloppy posting. 
I should have got Joshu  Sasaki Roshi and Rinzai-ji correctly, since I 
claim to have studied in with this particular teacher for over 20 
years.

I would like to personally apologize for World War II, but I have not 
been authorized to do so.


On Oct 19, 2005, at 1:31 PM, Franz Metcalf wrote:

> Gang,
>
> A couple of clarifications to Jim's recent post on Californian Zen, 
> which I append.
>
> 1) The words Jim quoted are Benito's, not mine, in case this was 
> unclear.
> 2) There were some typos in Jim's message. The teacher in question is 
> Joshu Sasaki Roshi, and the temple is Rinzai-ji in Los Angeles. I'm 
> pretty sure he only later bought the land on Mt. Baldy and in New 
> Mexico where he founded retreat centers.
> 3) We need to be careful in using a term like "Japanese Zen." The 
> overwhelmingly predominant form of Japanese Zen has nothing to do with 
> zazen at all: it is funerary Zen.
> 4) Jim is right to remind the list of the variety of Zen forms in 
> California. There were three Japanese Roshis in California teaching to 
> eager and dedicated students by the early 1960s. To be sure, Alan 
> Watts was also here and attracting much larger audiences, but serious 
> practitioners had already surpassed him.
> 5) Regarding the fact that "New Mexico has continued to refuse to 
> apologize for World War II," I expect action on this front from 
> Richard.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Franz
>