More - Zen, Snape and Occlumency

[bufo_viridis at interia.pl]

No: HPFGUIDX 94328

> Anne Siverthorne: 
> << who are about to go into real situations where the Zen Buddist,
> live and let live, No need To Be Pissy and Stressed Out way of dealing
> Will Not Work. >>

Catlady:
> Please be a darling kitty and leave Zen Buddhism out of it. My
> impression from ZEN IN THE ART OF ARCHERY is that Zen was intended for
> warriors, not panickers; some place the teacher explains concentration
> by saying, suppose you were in a duel to the death, as used to occur
> in Japan. 

Having personal experience with Zen Buddhism I can assure both of you that it hasn't been intented neither for warriors nor panickers. Putting it in such perspective is, in fact, senseless. Was Christianity for example intended for warriors or panickers?

Cheers, Viridis
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