tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post6240760748281748650..comments2023-09-21T09:49:28.326-07:00Comments on Fierce Dandelions: Renewal of the Online Buddhist Practice DiscussionNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-81743709746293744912011-01-30T10:52:59.912-08:002011-01-30T10:52:59.912-08:00I like the comparison to photography. I think you...I like the comparison to photography. I think you get this kind of push back whenever a new way of doing things emerges. Sometimes the new way is clearly more effective and the old way becomes obsolete. Most of the time, however, this is not the case. Typically, there are good things that can be taken from both the old and the new. Often, the result of combining the old and new is something spldbchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505641654468777964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-12289250193870615452011-01-30T10:14:39.824-08:002011-01-30T10:14:39.824-08:00Hi Dean,
I think your experience with getting lot...Hi Dean,<br /><br />I think your experience with getting lots of e-mails in response to your meditation instruction offerings is more and more common. Even though I have never offered anything specific like that on my blog, I still get e-mails sometimes from people asking questions about meditation, books, chants, and other issues. It's very true that the internet is opening up new ways to Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-17573296547667769382011-01-29T15:18:51.245-08:002011-01-29T15:18:51.245-08:00My mind is open about ways to engage dharma practi...My mind is open about ways to engage dharma practice via the internet. I might be bringing some of my theatre baggage to it, as I strongly prefer the possibilities that are present when people are sharing a physical location. I like other media, too, I just know there are some things that can only happen in live theatre. Some of that probably spills into my conception of sangha as well. I'Algernonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698040927871199780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-72807926056662382282011-01-29T08:59:00.107-08:002011-01-29T08:59:00.107-08:00Hey Nathan,
Thank you again for what you do on th...Hey Nathan,<br /><br />Thank you again for what you do on this blog.<br /><br />If anyone is interested, I wrote a little essay on where the technology is heading in the very near future, and our experiences (up and down) with a "no near nor far" Sangha these past years. It starts like this:<br /><br /><i>With Gassho before a body scanner, sitters will enter the 3-D Holographic Zen Halljundo cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564338025084888194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-85610551752346452162011-01-29T05:12:42.686-08:002011-01-29T05:12:42.686-08:00The internet has had substantial impacts on my fle...The internet has had substantial impacts on my fledgling practice. First is that I've used it as always as a major source of information. Out of the dozen or so books on Buddhist thought I've devoured in the past year or so, most by far have been researched on Amazon then put on hold through my local library system's excellent web system for easy pickup a few miles away. <br /><br />Maxhttp://new-worlds.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-19852243703145330402011-01-29T01:07:55.586-08:002011-01-29T01:07:55.586-08:00Obviously there is benefit in face to face, in-the...Obviously there is benefit in face to face, in-the-flesh, meetings. My years of practice have taught me this. Since starting up my blog however I've been contacted by several people from across the globe who've had no-one in their area to practice with. I'm sure there are LOTS of people in this same boat. I've also helped several people considerably in their practice over the Dean 'Jagaro' Crabbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08675825920815339816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-60974629369302655492011-01-28T17:38:24.877-08:002011-01-28T17:38:24.877-08:00Hi Adam,
I hear your frustration. These kind of r...Hi Adam,<br /><br />I hear your frustration. These kind of rants don't seem very productive, and it's funny to see a guy like Brad, who probably has a pile of solo practitioners following him, say stuff like that. <br /><br />Robyn, <br /><br />I'm pretty much in agreement with this "I see no substitution for time spent with the sangha and teacher in person." That's beenNathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920234350446745482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-81583222881455277592011-01-28T13:03:59.589-08:002011-01-28T13:03:59.589-08:00Change gonna come! Especially where this is conce...Change gonna come! Especially where this is concerned. It feels like a real mix for me at this point.<br /><br />I am away from my flesh and blood sangha, and my teacher has made it clear that he doesn't do dokusan via the telephone or email: it is a face-to-face, mind-to-mind encounter. No substitutions.<br /><br />That said, I have communicated via email with him, even to the point of Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391086267728343589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741227658356358863.post-22357898822389724392011-01-28T10:21:48.142-08:002011-01-28T10:21:48.142-08:00As I've said before, SGI is the only Buddhist ...As I've said before, SGI is the only Buddhist presence in my local area. If there are other practicing near me, they are either not advertising it on the internet or magazines or newspapers or bulliten boards, or they are commuting to Seattle or Bellingham. I haven't the time or means to do the traveling right now. <br /><br />As such, it kind of crawls under my skin when people like BradAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09688546442746669587noreply@blogger.com