(Dean of Sanity and Truth--Dorkemada Brownshirt Club)
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Posted on 07/14/2004 6:59:26 PM PDT by Land of the Irish
Fr. Kevin Hunt Installed as Zen Teacher On April 17, 2004, Fr. Kevin Hunt, OCSO, a Trappist monk of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, and a former member of the MID board, was installed as a Zen teacher (Sensei) in a ceremony held at the abbey. The installation was led by Fr. Robert Kennedy, S.J., who is the only North American Jesuit who is also a Zen Master (Roshi) and who served as Fr. Kevin’s teacher. The installation was witnessed by the abbot of St. Joseph’s and the rest of the monastic community as well as by over seventy guests, including Zen teachers and members of Catholic religious orders from around the country.
Fr. Kevin thereby became the first Trappist monk who is also a Zen teacher. In recognition of this unique event, letters of commendation were written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and by Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, the superior general of the Society of Jesus. Fr. Kolvenbach wrote, “Many Christian have found Zen to be a valuable instrument for progressing in the spiritual life. By coming to focus on the present moment through the practice of the techniques of Zen meditation, the Christian can become aware of God’s immediate loving presence.”
Fr. Kolvenbach’s remarks reflect the commitment made by the Jesuits at their 34th General Congregation to foster dialogue with other religions, an activity that they called “a shared commitment to a transformation of the cultural and social life within which people live.” Noting that Pope John Paul II has wished to make interreligious dialogue an apostolic priority for the third millennium, Fr. Kennedy said that his work with Fr. Kevin was one way in which this priority could be carried out. He added that this installation ceremony points to “the unity and cooperation between the Jesuits and the Trappists as well as to the friendship and mutual esteem between Buddhists and Christians.” He also sees it as a continuation of the dialogue between Christians and Buddhists that has been fostered over the past half-century by persons such as Thomas Merton, himself a Trappist monk.
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You know, I thought my Catholic education was horrendous, and was definitely lacking something. I had no idea what it was- no training in apologetics, no Latin, no scripture, no reading of the Fathers nor Doctors of the Church. Sure, all of those things were lacking, but what has really been missing from Catholic schools is, it has now occurred to me, formal training in Buddhism from a Priest/"Zen Master". Yeah, that's it! This will most surely bring us forth from this crisis of faith that Cardinal Ratzinger and the gang have waxed so eloquently about.
What on earth are these people doing to God's Church?!?!
okay boys and girls, can you say "syncretism"? there...I knew you could!
That statement is rather puzzling, since there is no God in Buddhism, Zen or otherwise.
What about "the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"?
I remember many years ago when "in the spirit of Vatican 2" our high school invited a practitioner of zen to give a talk as part of a series on different religions.
Here are some of the nebulous answers we were given:
"Zen is the sound of no hands clapping"
"Zen is the shade under an oak tree"
This same wacko related to us some stories about "attaining enlightenment"...
"Before you attain enlightenment mountains are mountains and rivers are rivers. While you're in the process of enlightment, mountains are no longer mountains and rivers are no longer rivers. Once you attain enlightment, mountains are once again mountains and rivers are once again rivers".
"In their quest for enlightment 2 young men sat staring at a flag-pole for over a week. Finally one of them said, "The flag is moving". Some time later the other responded, "No, it is the wind that is moving". Finally, a master of zen who had been watching the 2 men corrected them both, "No, it is your mind that is moving" - and they were instantly enlightened".
Go figure.
HEY! Maybe that goofy Hindu Guru is a Catholic Bishop by now. Maybe he will be the next Pope! Hari, Hari! Krishna, Krishna! Body of Christ! Guru, Guru! Ooooooooooooommmmmmmmm!
I remember Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, the superior general of the Society of Jesus. He's the guy who forbade Father Joseph Fessio from any involvement in San Francisco's Campion College - and posted him off to Santa Teresita Hospital (now closed) in Duarte, California to serve as hospital chaplain.
Given the sorry state of the Jesuit order, it doesn't surprise me in the slightest that the superior general would endorse a false religion (in obedience to the holy father's example perhaps?)
Here, let me get it started for the Dorkamada Brownshirt Club; "Your'e a schizmatic! Shut up! Don't post any more! You will burn in hell! Burn in HELLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
Careful! One of our liberated/enlightened brethren is probably already looking for an excuse to have this thread pulled.
"bear false witness, act haughty and self-righteous, lie some more, screech and defame, while covering for every foul Amchurch odor... oh, and lie some more."
That's a pretty good description of Steinbock - the bishop under scrutiny here...
http://www.dioceseoffresno.org/letters/20040701knxtcommunion.html
Oops, I lie - wrong thread.
Steinbeck relates to the Lastiri thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1171532/posts
This is actually a very true statement. Whenever one of His own falls away, our loving God disciplines the Christian just as a loving father disciplines his children when they disobey.
Do we remember how we all felt the immediate loving presence of our parents, as we were bent over awaiting the first swat of the ordained punishment about to be rendered?
I wonder what immediate loving presence is about to befall the Jesuit Order.
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