Oh, like this stuff?
[1]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pllQ_-ZxEA Of course, this
is a romanticized view of it, with the fancy music and stuff,
making it sound all mystical and stuff. Maybe it is, I dunno. We
idolize Zen Buddhism in the West thanks to .. oh, what's his
face? ah here:
[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunry%C5%AB_Suzuki - Suzuki.
yeah. He helped popularize it in the version we got here. Then
we get the stuff in the movies. That's mostly how we know about
it. what's the truth of it? I dunno. Maybe a locally made
documentary about it. I'll see what I can find. == Ah here!
[3]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC5fbbR30VA here's a japanese
documentary (in English) going through their actual day. I'm
watching it now 'cause I'm curious too. == oh screw this. I'm
not even 2 minutes into it and I'm like wtf. yeah, no I'll
scratch Buddhist monastery off my retirement plans, at least not
a Japanese one tongue emoticon maybe one of the more lightweight
ones. Still overall, doesn't matter which one. The one I was at
(Eastern Orthodox) was good, but I'm not holding myself to that
one in any case. A secular one is fine too - planned community
of some kind.. although most secular epicurean communities fall
apart eventually. === Oh wait a minute - this is no different
than US Army Boot Camp. These are are young people. Ok, yeah,
it's not so different. It's like military discipline. Same idea.
=== think when they're done, they get to hold the paddle. SMACK
SWAT YOUR TURN NOW, SUCKAS without smiling. Yeah, good question
there. == [4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhikkhu Ok I got it.
You can't be younger than 20 (earliest they take is 7 yrs old,
so, school age). - and after that, you live off alms. So, it's
intense training to be a bum, but a really nice bum. Sounds good
smile emoticon [I know it sounds mean but hey, I'm from 'meruka]
Wait a minute! We have PhD programs for that! you know.. to end
up as a bum, living off parents so you can write 'that book'.
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