Brett Robson wrote:
>  Eric Takabayashi  ...
> >Brett Robson wrote:
> >>  Brett Robson  ...

> >> >I have studied Buddhism in Nepal and Thailand and most recently in 
> >> >Takaoka (Japan). What passes for Buddhism here bears little resemblance to 
> >> >Buddhism.
> >>
> >> Although by "study" I don't mean I was a monk or a Dr Buddhist.
> >
> >I met a woman with a shaved head who called herself a monk, who had come 
> >back from South Korea where she studied "real Buddhism".
> 
> Well it is closer to India so it is /more/ real.
> 
> >As for her own Japanese sect, she said one could become a priest after a one
> >week training session in Kyoto.
> > 
> Staring at the floor crosslegged does take a while to get right.
> 
> I've talked to a few people and several of us have achieved flashes of
> enlightenment. One friend was washing dishes (at a monastery in Thailand) 
> when he became transfixed on his duty.  I achieved something similar in Nepal but 
> I think it was altitude sickness.

I had a similar experiance in Nepal, but i'm pretty sure it was food 
poisoning. Without proper focus i could have easily lost my intestines 
on the side of the road.