Lawrence Shainberg

Before the new self becomes an old self, you should say another yes." How, how does this, this teaching on anatta affect love? I thought of a passage from a kind of spiritual travelogue ca- Ambivalent Zen.

Um, Lawrence Shainberg says, um, in this passage, uh, "Confused," uh, a kind of Zen seeker, ambivalent seeker, uh, "Confused about a decision I must make, I go to Roshi," the teacher, the Zen master, "for advice.

My girlfriend and I are having problems, and I know it's because we've both got one foot out the door.

Should we break it off or take the leap into commitment? Never mind that this is a man who went to all-male schools before he entered the monastery, who's never had the sort of relationship I'm talking about and, by his own testimony, never had sex in his life.