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Author: ShrikebackShrikeback Date: Aug 21, 2008 09:42
On Aug 21, 7:54Â am, ZerkonX X.net> wrote:> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:07:32 -0700, turtoni wrote:
>>>> Zen asserts
>
>>> WRONG!! lol!!
>
>> lol?
>
> I understand what you are saying and agree. Just the use of words like
> 'assert'.. sort of a Zen joke. Like... "Zen asserts nothing".
>
>> awakening taught by the Buddha came through his meditation practice,
>> not from any words...
>
> Zen is a Buddhism almost stripped of Buddha. One Zen saying goes "If you
> met the Buddha, kill him!" 'Buddha' being a fixation of thought, a
> coherent tangible, therefore the Buddha becomes the antithesis of the
> (Zen) Buddha!! This is humor to me and what makes it even better is
> that's what it is meant to be.
I always thought Zen was the closest form of Buddhism
to philosophical Taoism. I also thought it was the least
religious. I assume Nietzsche was thinking of Zen when
he said he wouldn't slander Buddhism with the epithet
"religion," since it was closer to mental hygiene.
> Anyway, no big deal. The subject is vastly interesting to me has been for
> many years and I enjoy the intended humor in it very much.
>
> Just don't do something, STAND THERE!!
>
> "A day without work is a day without food. A day without food is a good
> day indeed"
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