Question
Hello,
I have practiced zazen irregularly, and in any case not for quite a while.
I wanted to ask whether jumping into an eight-day sesshin without much preparation is
a strange idea or not.
I am afraid of feeling like an "outsider" and perhaps getting in the way, since I do not know
the protocol, etiquette, or proper manners, so to speak...
I read the account of an Argentine practitioner who was berated publicly over a detail,
and I admit that if that is what I should expect, I would think twice before blithely plunging in...
And I am afraid of suffering, but that is not really what holds me back most. I am used to it.
Thank you for answering.
Frédéric
Frédéric
Answer from Master Kosen
Come along. We won't eat you!
Kosen