tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267410549133890456.post2608374454565635766..comments2011-12-11T12:37:24.157-08:00Comments on bAd DoG, nO biScUit: Zen, Passion, and DisappointmentJerseyDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09233984640311788009noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267410549133890456.post-46530907759239973402011-12-11T12:37:24.157-08:002011-12-11T12:37:24.157-08:00My knowledge of Zen is limited, but passion to me ...My knowledge of Zen is limited, but passion to me is at its core about gratitude, and does not necessarily connote expecting things to go a certain way--though I certainly agree that it can lead to expectations. I just try to be passionate about what I have in front of me this day, or even this hour or minute.<br />+followedElliot MacLeod-Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101422996950773526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1267410549133890456.post-39838840452637378712011-08-31T07:06:05.236-07:002011-08-31T07:06:05.236-07:00I think that if a person is paying attention, they...I think that if a person is paying attention, they're bound to be passionate about something. And I think that Zen folks acknowledge that emotions arise AND that we ought to experience them and observe them.<br /><br />There's a type of westernized version of it in which practitioners want everytone to think they are "enlightened" and therefore act as though nothing fazes them.<br /><br />That doesn't have a lot to do with Buddhism, though - even Zen Buddhism, which is really just Taoism and Buddhism put into a blender...<br /><br />A plan vanilla answer on emotions would be: "Watch the emotion, experience it, do not try to catch it or be caught by it."<br /><br />Wan on. Wax off.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.com