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If the term “philosophy” is taken to mean the establishment of “the kingdom of reason", Zen is an anti-philosophy.
Reason is incapable of knowing and understanding in toto what reality is.
Physical nature and human nature must be sought in an experiential dimension.
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Zen recommends that its practitioner follow a three-step procedure: adjusting one’s body, breathing and mind.
To adjust the mind means that the practitioner consciously moves to enter a state of meditation.
He learns to disengage him- or herself from the concerns of...
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No-mind does not mean:
No mind means that there is no conscious activity of the mind that is associated with ego-consciousness.
No-mind is a free mind that is not delimited by ideas, desires, and images.
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The most distinguishing feature of this Japanese school of the Buddha-Way is its contention that wisdom, accompanied by compassion, is expressed in the everyday lifeworld when associating with one’s self, other people, and nature.
The Zen practitioner is required to embody...
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Zen maintains a stance of “not one” and “not two,” that is “a position-less position.”
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...practicing without prioritising the visible over the invisible, the explicit over the implicit, or vice versa.
This preparation involves the training of the whole person and is called “self-cultivation” (shugyō) in Japanese.
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Zen builds upon core Buddhist philosophy. One reaches Zen in 2 ways:
Philosophy is examining our understanding of reality and knowledge. Philosophy consists of three major branches:
Due to the wide variety of practice methods, and the westernization of the term Zen, thanks to popular fiction and cultural figures, many people aren’t quite sure what Zen means.
Nonetheless, the continual evolution of Zen, as well as its practice and impact, is due to the vague and persona...
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