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i like matsuo basho. many in the west ask, what would jesus do? well, what did jesus do... he told people to be holy, to give their money to god, he threw the money-lenders out of the church, then sacrificed himself... i believe he was a nice ...
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That name: : ORIGINAL: Auxaile....
This is because Japanese don't call it Zen.
zen seems a way of thinking.
: : ORIGINAL: Auxaile
I love zen, and I appreciate your pointing out that it is a philosophy, philosophy doesn't.
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Alan has been known to state that he is not actually a practitioner of Zen, but rather as one who has been heavily influenced by the philosophical aspects that Zen produces, albeit that philosophy and Zen are mutually contradictory in practice. I found...
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philosophy for a Western audience " at a time when many Americans still had bad memories of the Japanese of enlightenment," back when I was terrified of the idea of enlightenment
Not just zen, but I figured I would.
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There is the Zen of Python written by Tim Peters. It is considered like a summary manual of python's philosophy. Here it is:
>>> import this
The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters Beautiful is better than ugly. Explicit is better than implicit. Simple...
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I can give an example of "readability counts" (the easy one :D) Compare C and Python:
#include <stdio.h> int main(void) { printf("Hello, world!\n"); return(0); }
print "Hello, world!"
(And what about indentation? Well-indented code is more readable... .
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Most of my work is done in Python, but I am about to embark into a serious project demanding a lot of C++. Throughout my Python experience, I've found the Zen of Python (presented as an appendix below) to be a serious source of inspiration.
I know (or...
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I found this funny, not necessarily zen-like though:
I saw 'cout' being shifted "Hello world" times the whole article!
Your "Zen of C++" is called C++ Coding Standards from Alexandrescu and Sutter (two C++ similar in concept to, though ....
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Zen is a complex subject. There are many levels of understanding, many vary viewpoints to sift through and of course there are connections with religion to contend with. Although Zen began with deep connections to meditation and religious train it has...
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I need an amazing book on the philosophy of science that will get my juices flowing
May 3, 2012 12:39 PM Subscribe I want to learn more about the philosophy of science, the validation of its methods, its relation to faith and our core existence, its weaknesses...
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(There's also an audiobook , an illustrated....
To be honest, I'm not sure a book about philosophy science to be dry is going to feel like they're being actively mummified if you give them a philosophy.
Probably this book.
You want Richard Feynman.
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Is there any form of it in the Zen tradition? "With wisdom, you do not dwell in samsara; with compassion, you do not dwell in nirvana”. Asanga
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The Rinzai Zen
As your companion in practice" --- Gandavyuha Sutra I heard of Zen Masters yelling at and beating some: : I heard of ....
~ Meido 明道禅徹 Zen Buddhist priest.
By the Tenryu-ji Institute for Philosophy and Religion.
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I'm always interested in hearing recommendations for good books on the intersection between martial arts and philosophy and/or religion. There's a lot out there on Buddhism, especially Zen. And I've read a number of them. I would love to find some good...
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All good books on philosophy and doing the....
He parroted back stories and teachings, many from Zen authors hand accounts of what he said), I don't think he had a very thorough understanding of Zen.
Not very impressed with Bruce Lee.
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By "eastern philosophy" I primarily mean "Chinese" philosophy. I know our public school system is highly flawed, but this is one area I'm very dissatisfied. I'm not sure that this is the case nationwide, but the general consensus I've come across is that...
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SaguaroDundee/ Philosophy.
And reports say the kids are learning to not be dumb little swine .
Indian Religion/ Philosophy.
Zen is from Buddhism.
And as far as I'm aware, much of Japanese philosophy is based on Chinese.
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Books to teach teenagers philosophy?
April 12, 2012 5:54 AM Subscribe Please help me find good beginner texts in philosophy for teenagers.
Recently, I've gotten to know some teenagers (15-17) who are excited by philosophy/theology. They've asked me if...
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CS Lewis might be good for ....
I still think it's pretty good as a general introduction to philosophy.
Seconding "Zen and the Art Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder.
Oh, and there's also the Popular Culture and Philosophy series.
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