[pct-l] Walk like a Buddha

[Mary Kwart]

Shroomer:

Great story--I hope i can be like that monk when I'm older.
--Fireweed

----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 5:15 pm
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Walk like a Buddha
To: Mary Kwart <mkwart at gci.net>
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net

> Thanks for the link Fireweed.  That's a lot of what I do when it's 
> quiet on
> trail, that is unless one of those songs from childhood starts 
> going round
> and round in my head, or I'm having too much fun with the folks I'm 
> walkingwith.  Walking the ridge behind my house in the still of the 
> morning is a
> good time for walking meditation for me.
> 
> Yoshihiro, the YouTube is marvelous.  I am not a monk by any 
> stretch of the
> imagination, but walking 25 to 35 miles a day, day after day for 
> months,does have much in common with these monks, whose marathons 
> of course are
> much, much, more difficult than a mere 2,600 miles, but there are many
> similarities, when you push to those extremes.  I studied with a Son
> Buddhist Abbot in Korea many years ago when I was a soldier, and he 
> took me
> hiking into the mtns behind Seoul to a retreat center he had.  He 
> was in his
> late 60's but hiked my soldier ass into the ground.  He would chant 
> Sutrasall afternoon, and all night long and then hike down just as 
> fast as we had
> gone up the day before.  He did this ever 2 weeks or so and told me it
> "charged his batteries."  He slept very little normally, and not at 
> all when
> we hiked, and never stopped joking.  Wonderful sense of humor and
> appreciation for everything around him.  He was a great 
> calligrapher and
> painter, and his paintings were always spotted about with funny little
> creatures.  Wonderful balance.
> 
> Great YouTube for anyone who has not heard of these monks.
> 
> Thanks for the link.
> 
> Shroomer
> 
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Mary Kwart <mkwart at gci.net> wrote:
> 
> > For those hikers who are so inclined, there is an interesting 
> article on
> > the Tricycle magazine website about walking meditation:
> > www.tricycle.com/practice/walk-buddha. Not so far fetched--after 
> all, the
> > PCT is one of the premier spiritual pilgrimages available on the 
> planet.>
> > "Your foot touches the earth mindfully, and you arrive firmly in 
> the here
> > and the now. And suddenly you are free—free from all projects, 
> all worries,
> > all expectations. You are fully present, fully alive, and you are 
> touching> the earth."
> >
> > Sound familiar??
> >
> > --Fireweed
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