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Zen
Understanding yourself and help others.
What do you think about zen?
Started by nowornever on
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by 11 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at randi):
Understanding....
Hokulele-thank you for your zen.
Zen is ALL: : (Post 8017682) The most popular koan in zen is:
WHO ARE YOU? Teach me.
The teachings" od Seung Sahn.
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Wanted to start a topic and get some thoughts on what the members here thought.
Often get the sense that Zen is not as complete as say Advaita in terms of transcendence. In Zen, awakening/enlightenement is almost seen as an after-thought. Zen constantly...
Started by abideasthat on
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by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at zenforuminternational):
You're sending me to night school one, but I seem... .
I can relate more to Zen teachings.
Major conflict between his teaching of Advaita Vedanta and Zen teachings.
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As a newcomer to this forum, I've been perusing some areas, most importantly (for me) the "Ask The Teacher" board. In there, I think I read an explanation that Zen is not necessarily confined to Buddhism (apologies if I misQuote: d or misunderstood, or...
Started by openzen on
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by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at zenforuminternational):
They have left all reference to Zen as such and teach the Buddhist teachings....
To be Buddhism, but all the Buddhist teachings propounded in the sutras and sastras are treated by Zen, but outside any kind of formality altogether.
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What I mean is this - Christianity is totally different than Buddhism in a lot of ways - so is Islam, Hinduism, and heck - many of the different paths in Buddhism are pretty radically different. And yet, especially when you hear Jundo talk...
Started by disastermouse on
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by 20 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at treeleaf):
And the trappings of Zen ARE a hobby, the zafus, the accoutrements of the....
Zen as a hobby.
I'm not offended because I think Zen' sort of thing.
Zen isn't something owned.
As commoditization (Zen as a thing you buy ).
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Hi All,
I thought to post some special reading topics. The theme is " readings that will help in understanding Zen readings ".
For years and years, after first starting Zen practice, I would read many "Zen Books" but not quite understand why so many seemed...
Started by Jundo on
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by 18 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at treeleaf):
My first....
The only acceptable "solutionGassho.
The Zen priest whose teachings are featured in The Three Pillars of Zen, severed his formal ties that the Sanbôkyôdan alone preserves the authentic teachings of Zen.
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It seems that Advaita teachers and teachings come up often here at ZFI. Some see little difference between the two traditions, others see huge differences. My own opinion is that the two traditions are *very* close in how awakening is described and experienced...
Started by christopher::: on
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by 14 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at zenforuminternational):
If Advaita helps....
Everything.
Buddha Nature: Heart.”
Buddha Nature: Heart of the Dharma :::: Some "Zen inspired" Artwork ::::
"You are the sky.
The teachings of Zen (though i had trouble following his point in the last 4 minutes)...
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Is the story of the matrix based on the teachings of the buddha?
Started by Dan on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at yahoo):
The teachings of buddism fed into the creation of the bible which.
Maybe a distortion of Zen but never from the teachings of the buddha Many suggest I can sort of see what you mean.
Of Illusion.
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After reading The Three Pillars of Zen and Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, I'm left with a feeling that the point of Zen is to recreate what Siddhartha Gotama already did and that was to become enlightened (to the cause and cure of suffering).
Zen, in my understanding...
Started by Mojo Jojo on
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by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at zenforuminternational):
I have never met ....
I have never met a Zen teacher who does not teach about non-self, impermanence, suffering.
The difference may lie in that in Zen we do not take the teachings for granted and accept them, we better.
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Hi All,
Some people know me as a mod on another site. I have a specific question which I feel only zen folks could clarify. For many years I've been a fan of Herrigel's Zen in the art of Archery. I have read a text online which does a good job of demolishing...
Started by srivijaya on
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by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at zenforuminternational):
I know little about Kyudo, but I do know....
teachings were influenced by their practice of Zen - Tsukahara Bokuden, Musashi Miyamoto, Ono TadaakiKris,
I moved this thread to this forum (Zen Buddhism) from the General Buddhism forum.
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What does your family think of your Zen Buddhism?
The reason I am posting this in Zen without a teacher is because that is how I practice Zen. In my experience my family and I have never seen eye to eye, even from an early age. My family has been marred...
Started by zenisin on
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by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at zenforuminternational):
It is quite possible for Buddhism and Christianity to co Zen Buddhism should stay ....
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