i feel like I'm being lured into quicksand, but i can still breath
2006-11-03 01:57:38 · 6 answers · asked by willmin 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It appealed because of its emphasis on the uselessness of words and the insistence of action without thought.
Zen teaches the possibility of enlightenment in the here and now, unlike the tendency that have developed in other strands of Buddhism as far off goals. It teaches that enlightenment is a spontaneous event, totally independent of concepts, techniques or rituals. Zen Monks are based on doing things, learning through experience.
Esoterically regarded, Zen is not a religion but rather an indefinable, incommunicable (fukasetsu) root, free from all names, descriptions, and concepts, that can only be experienced by each individual for him- or herself. From expressed forms of this, all religions have sprung. In this sense Zen is not bound to any religion, including Buddhism. It is the primordial perfection of everything existing, designated by the most various names, experienced by all great sages, saints, and founders of religions of all cultures and times. Buddhism has referred to it as the "identity of samsara and nirvana."
2006-11-03 03:50:51 · answer #1 · answered by sista! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Zen is.
You sense this, but seek to understand in the Western mindset.
Instinctually, you know the Western mindset will fail you in attempting to comprehend the Zen.
2006-11-03 10:10:09 · answer #2 · answered by Cheshire Cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's difficult to explain. You know --- It's a Zen thing.
2006-11-03 10:00:40 · answer #3 · answered by lunatic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enlightenment through absurdity, randomness, and chaos--and embracing it to see that it's all the same big beautiful mess.
2006-11-03 10:06:23 · answer #4 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a philosophy that teaches peace and beauty. Peace and beauty are pretty attractive things.
2006-11-03 10:02:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She's got a great rack, and a tight little butt.
2006-11-03 10:15:49 · answer #6 · answered by jinenglish68 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋