"It is not too much to say that
Joko Beck transformed the nature of Zen in America. At a time when a focus on
kensho experiences and becoming enlightened after the manner in which we
imagined our Japanese masters led to a dismissive attitude to problems that
were 'merely' psychological, Joko restored a sense of emotional reality to a
scene increasingly plagued by scandal and misconduct by our allegedly
enlightened role models. She had the courage to say that her own teacher’s
training had done little to curb his own alcoholism or deal with his character
problems. Furthermore, his wasn’t merely an unfortunate exception but that it
pointed to a deeply ingrained tendency to enshrine emotional bypassing into the
very heart of traditional Zen training. She put dealing with anger, anxiety,
pride and the self centered sexual exploitation of students into the center of
what we must deal with in practice." Barry
Magid
http://sweepingzen.com/2011/06/15/charlotte-joko-beck-dies-at-94-american-zen-pioneer/
"Sex can make a fool of anyone and often does.
How we deal with desire is a pretty good indication of where we are on the path, but that we (can be) tripped up by it is nothing that should surprise any of us."
http://www.tricycle.com/blog/sex-sangha-apparently-we-still-havent-had-enough
"Sex can make a fool of anyone and often does.
How we deal with desire is a pretty good indication of where we are on the path, but that we (can be) tripped up by it is nothing that should surprise any of us."
http://www.tricycle.com/blog/sex-sangha-apparently-we-still-havent-had-enough
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