03-06-2012, 12:00 AM
NN writes practically nothing about Zen (Chan) in his short paper.
The fact is that Zazen practice - thats classical dhyanic buddhism from India - from Sakyamuni to Nagarjuna and Hanyatara to Boddhidharma, as dhyana is zen (chan in chinese) zazen is central practice, we can say that zen is zazen.
Intelectuals are twisting zen, but those morons are mistaken and uneducated, for example when Nangaku was polishing the tiles to get the mirror in this manner, he was really meaning that and that was central issue of his teaching to Baso (Ma tsu) sitting zazen. He got satori when sitting zazen after hearing this words from Nangaku. Thats for that story "intelectuals" use to skip zazen, to skip the practice. They are shallow, blablabla.
The silent entlightment (mokusho zen) is the highest tradition of dhyana-buddhism, i.e. zen buddhism, the zazen practice, from the Sakyamuni Buddha to Boddhidharma, founder of Chan/Zen.
So dont be deceived by "intelectuals zen", or some soup of "american" zen. Even monkeys are on higher level than such a "zen"..
Zen-buddhism is Mahayana buddhism. Dhyana buddhism, Sakyamunis, Nagarjunas, Boddhidharmas buddhism.
The fact is that Zazen practice - thats classical dhyanic buddhism from India - from Sakyamuni to Nagarjuna and Hanyatara to Boddhidharma, as dhyana is zen (chan in chinese) zazen is central practice, we can say that zen is zazen.
Intelectuals are twisting zen, but those morons are mistaken and uneducated, for example when Nangaku was polishing the tiles to get the mirror in this manner, he was really meaning that and that was central issue of his teaching to Baso (Ma tsu) sitting zazen. He got satori when sitting zazen after hearing this words from Nangaku. Thats for that story "intelectuals" use to skip zazen, to skip the practice. They are shallow, blablabla.
The silent entlightment (mokusho zen) is the highest tradition of dhyana-buddhism, i.e. zen buddhism, the zazen practice, from the Sakyamuni Buddha to Boddhidharma, founder of Chan/Zen.
So dont be deceived by "intelectuals zen", or some soup of "american" zen. Even monkeys are on higher level than such a "zen"..
Zen-buddhism is Mahayana buddhism. Dhyana buddhism, Sakyamunis, Nagarjunas, Boddhidharmas buddhism.