Pros and cons of meditation schools. A few days back I was talking to a Burmese monk who is in charge of a meditation centre. He told me about a woman meditation student who requested the monk to let her change the object of meditation. The monk had to reply that the school is based on one method only and he could not let her do so since itd be against the school curriculum. Its quite common nowadays to find that different schools have different methods and they are not flexible although theoretically all are acceptable methods. A senoir monk who has my highest reverence told me these schools have no choice but to enforce their way lest they will lose their identity. In those days people, or rather monks, would study from their masters and went into solitary confinement to practise meditation. Now, its mass meditation like those martial arts schools with their version of meditation. Its good for people who need a master to guide them through the process, but it will instill inflexible clanism and schism in Buddhism.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 04:50:10 +0000
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