[Buddha-l] buddhism and brain studies

[Richard Hayes]

On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:12 +0800, [DPD Web] Shen Shi'an wrote:

> Methinks floor-seated meditation is overrated

It beats buying furniture.

> meditation can be done well seated on a chair with one's back straight
> too.

For that matter, meditation can be done quite well slouching in a chair.
Or climbing a tree.

>  It's quite crazy how many meditators spend years struggling with
> pain in the knees.

You have to remember that the mantra that most Westerners were taught as
children is "No pain, no gain." They think if something doesn't hurt,
cost a lot of money or lead to a bitter divorce, it can't possibly have
any spiritual payload.

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico