Our Zendo now has only two loyal members: me and a man who works at the library. We have devised an inconspicuous notice saying Zen Meditation and the address and time. I insisted on a phone number to call before coming all the way into the mountains and finding no-one there.It is a shame as the place is so beautiful, but it seems wrong to expect people to come so far. Perhaps we will work out something better. Our third dedicated member had a change of heart over the 'atman' concept. She is a Yoga teacher and somehow only just found out that Buddhism and Yogism differ absolutely over one thing: the concept of an essence of self which is unchanging. This is I think the Yoga atman. Buddhists are fairly uncompromising on the non existence of self other than as transient beingness. Oh well. It would be good to have a trustworthy group of six. Yes. Six people who can accept their nothingness and go out to lunch.
