>Well,
>I am walking is not a goal. I am practicing zazen is not a goal. I am
>playing the shakuhachi is not a goal.
>On the other hand,
>I am walking to work, I am practicing zazen to become enlightened, I am
>playing the shakuhachi to get rich-all are goals.
>So the question is not whether one plays "accidentally." One only plays.
>
>Shakuhachi practice might be a goal or it might not.
>
>Yours,
>Ken Arnold
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Baker [mailto:jinpa19822003@yahoo.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 1:36 PM
>To: stan; Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
>Subject: Re: [Shaku] Help in Understanding shakuhachi
>
>
>--- stan <b@didgethings.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi John
>>
>> Isn't one of the fundamentals of Zen practice not to
>> have a goal?
>>
>>
>
>Hi.
>
>Not to get argumentative but just to make a point, let
>me ask whether anyone anywhere has ever played the
>shakuhachi accidentally? Or just accidentally sat
>down to meditate? I was walking along and one day I
>could play the shakuhachi. I was walking along and
>one day I just sat and practiced Zen.
>
>It may happen, but I do not know of it. Playing flute
>and meditating are intentional activities and
>intention implies a goal.
>
>Regards,
>
>John Baker
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