Do please present Buddhist scriptural evidence for this.
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The Zen Koan - parallels, practices that cover?
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Do please present Buddhist scriptural evidence for this.
Zen has nothing to do with Buddhism; It most certainly has something to do with the 'Buddha' but nothing at all with the religion buddhism. Simply by discussing these matters is missing all the essence. Once a beginner asked a zen master, "Master, what is the first principle?" Without hesitation the master replied, "If i could tell you, it would become the second principle."
The koan is not a puzzle because it cannot be solved, only dissolved. A zen master does not teach but devises methods to wake up. This is the purpose of the koan, to bring one to the state of no-mind in the present moment. Zen cannot be studied, only lived.
The koan is not a puzzle because it cannot be solved, only dissolved. A zen master does not teach but devises methods to wake up. This is the purpose of the koan, to bring one to the state of no-mind in the present moment. Zen cannot be studied, only lived.
Zen has nothing to do with Buddhism; It most certainly has something to do with the 'Buddha' but nothing at all with the religion buddhism. Simply by discussing these matters is missing all the essence. Once a beginner asked a zen master, "Master, what is the first principle?" Without hesitation the master replied, "If i could tell you, it would become the second principle."
The koan is not a puzzle because it cannot be solved, only dissolved. A zen master does not teach but devises methods to wake up. This is the purpose of the koan, to bring one to the state of no-mind in the present moment. Zen cannot be studied, only lived.
The koan is not a puzzle because it cannot be solved, only dissolved. A zen master does not teach but devises methods to wake up. This is the purpose of the koan, to bring one to the state of no-mind in the present moment. Zen cannot be studied, only lived.