There is something called Keisaku. Long periods of zazen, one may feel a bit sleepy and one can request a blow with keisaku by placing both palms together as the jikijitsu (maybe a head monk, a senior) walks in front of them with the "Zen stick". At my place it was the loving big Gillory who was helping the meditators with his careful, effective hits. We had this conversation :)
"When can i get to hit people the way Gillory does?" Me
"Go get some volunteers." Rein
"You are hitting people in the name of Zen." Me
"You got a very strange fantasy there." Gillory
"Yeah. Me too had that same fantasy." Christian
! "Oh breath! You mean its not him!"
and as you guessed the Monk got Enlightened Beyond All Repair once again. 16 more to come.
- enso
He he.. :)
"When can i get to hit people the way Gillory does?" Me
"Go get some volunteers." Rein
"You are hitting people in the name of Zen." Me
"You got a very strange fantasy there." Gillory
"Yeah. Me too had that same fantasy." Christian
! "Oh breath! You mean its not him!"
and as you guessed the Monk got Enlightened Beyond All Repair once again. 16 more to come.
- enso
He he.. :)
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