Comments for Theravada Buddhist Community of Vancouver http://www.theravada.ca “The Theravada Forest Tradition in the Heart of the City” Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:39:09 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Four Noble Truths by Mark Zucker http://www.theravada.ca/the-four-nobel-truths/#comment-24 Mark Zucker Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:39:09 +0000 http://www.johnnystork.ca/content/Brian/?page_id=265#comment-24 Compassion and kindness are essential. Compassion and kindness are essential.

]]> Comment on Christian Meditation by Brian Ruhe http://www.theravada.ca/christian-meditation/#comment-23 Brian Ruhe Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:29:31 +0000 http://www.johnnystork.ca/content/Brian/?page_id=280#comment-23 Hey! I'd better look that up. Thank you John! Hey! I’d better look that up.
Thank you John!

]]> Comment on Christian Meditation by John Francis http://www.theravada.ca/christian-meditation/#comment-22 John Francis Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:45:11 +0000 http://www.johnnystork.ca/content/Brian/?page_id=280#comment-22 Thanks Brian, Insightful article. However, where did you read that Centering Prayer includes Attention Prayer - the constant repetition of a word. Everything I have experienced or read about Centering Prayer explicitly excludes attention in the practice. For example, see page 43 of "The Diversity of Centering Prayer" for an explicit statement that only intention and not attention is part of Centering Prayer. There is no constant repetition of a word. In John Main's "Christian Meditation" practice there is a constant repetition of the word "Maranatha." But this is a totally different practice from Centering Prayer. John Thanks Brian,
Insightful article.
However, where did you read that Centering Prayer includes Attention Prayer – the constant repetition of a word. Everything I have experienced or read about Centering Prayer explicitly excludes attention in the practice. For example, see page 43 of “The Diversity of Centering Prayer” for an explicit statement that only intention and not attention is part of Centering Prayer. There is no constant repetition of a word. In John Main’s “Christian Meditation” practice there is a constant repetition of the word “Maranatha.” But this is a totally different practice from Centering Prayer.

John

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