WHAT DHYANA-ZEN IS NOT

Dhyana (Zen) is not a relaxation technique

Dhyana is not a means of merely 'losing all attachments'

Dhyana is not a gentle introduction into the Divine life.

Dhyana is not a stress-reduction technique.

Dhyana is not for the weak or the careless.

Dhyana is not for the dilettante nor the timid.

Dhyana is not being taught to Western world in its true form.

Dhyana is not being spoken in its true nature outside the eastern Buddhist cloisters.

Dhyana is not beads, feel-good "peace and love" pablum.

Dhyana is not trouble-free.

Dhyana is not gentle.

Dhyana is not painless.

Dhyana is not losing yourself.

Dhyana is not merely the tantric,Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism of His Holiness the Dali Lama.

WHAT DHYANA-ZEN IS

Dhyana (Zen) is deep, painful, spirutual surgery that brings lasting authentic humanity.

Dhyana is a powerful, penetrating abrasive. It scours and brutally removes the corrosion of our false beliefs.

Dhyana is the way of abrupt Samadhi--full enlightenment.

Dhyana is healing for the pain and disfigurement of our souls.

For the uninitiated, the base and the cowardly, Dhyana is a threat to the moral order of society.

Dhyana is forever abandoning feelings of 'peace', 'joy', 'love' and all the illusions we perpetuate.

Dhyana is realization, not attainment. We do not strive; rather, we uncover what already exists vibrantly beneath the filth of our false 'self.'

Dhyana is about the WORK of transformation-the full NINE jhanas of the Bodhidharma.

Zen is about the seduction of and radical penetration by the soul of divine light.