For those of you wishing to pursue a curriculum on Orthodox Theology,
DO NOT be deceived by Mr. Melchizedek of St Elias School of Orthodox Theology who is a full blown Zen Buddhist. Mr. Melchizedek, blends fundamental Orthodox Theology with Zen Meditation deceiving the unitiatiated.
Here is my response to his call on his website
http://www.orthodoxtheology.us to attend to a Zen Class of Meditation where he even presents a statue of Buddha
http://www.eparchy.us/> Mr. Melchizedek,
>
> Im embarrassed as an Orthodox Christian to have contributed $2,500
to
> a supposedly Orthodox Theological school, only to find out that the
> Director pushes his own agenda of Buddist Enlightenment. You
immerse
> and teach others to embed themselves in the teachings of the non
Theo-
> anthropic name of Buddha and his teachings and not in the
> Theoanthropic name of Jesus Christ. The Christian Soul should focus
> his heart and his mind on the prayer of the crucified Lord: "Lord
> Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me the sinner"., and not in
> nothingness where Zen leads the unsuspecting soul into demonic
> manipulation.
> As Father Seraphim Rose wrote in "Orthodoxy and Religion of the
> Future", "...phenomena such as Yoga, Zen, Tantra, Transcendental
> Meditation, Maharaj-ji, Hare Krishna, UFO's and the charismatic
> movement are "forerunners of the religion of the ANTI-CHRIST and
that
> their spiritual objective is to make available to Christians the
> demonic initiation hitherto restricted to the pagan world".
>
> You write that:
>
> The viewpoint of Zen is that life lived fully in each moment is an
> end and purpose in itself and not the means for something else>
> I say this is a Satanic form of self gratification with no place or
> purpose in a Christian's soul. You expressly stated that this
> meditation is not for the purpose of "something else". The Jesus
> Prayer teaches us to pray for mercy in the hope of attainment of
> eternal life in the Theoanthropic name of Jesus Christ, not in
> Buddha.
>
> I implore the students who have received this offer of "Zen
> training", to reject it, reject your school and reject you for
being
> a mouthpiece of Satan (The Buddha).
>
> Mr. Melchizedek, dont dwell into demonic spiritual practices of the
> Buddha, and teach others the same, but return back to your
> fundamental Orthodox Christian faith and in the spiritual worship
of
> the Holy Trinity.