would "a banana" be an acceptable answer? Or perhaps... "...."
2007-03-28 18:51:33 · 10 answers · asked by Josh 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
A Japanese emporer sent a religious philosopher named Myōan Eisai to China to study Zen Buddhism in the twelfth century. After many long years, Eisai returned and was given an audience of the monarch to relay his findings. When the emporer asked him what Zen was, Eisai raised a bamboo flute to his lips, tooted once, rose to his feet, bowed deeply, and left.
2007-03-28 19:00:09 · answer #1 · answered by inactive account 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A state of mind where you could do two different things. Like typing. You don't actually have to look at the keyboard. Bananas?
2007-03-29 03:44:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zen is a state of mind
2007-03-29 02:51:52 · answer #3 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If my memory serves me right, Zen was born when the Buddha, instead of speaking to a large group of people who had collected to hear him, instead held up a flower.
2007-03-29 02:11:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Buddha teached:
Just do
Don't care about the consequences
When should you care about the consequences? When should you not?
Consequences is an illusion.
Instead of caring about the illusion "future", care about being creative.
In life, you don't need to care about time. Don't care also about meanings, dangers.
Just be creative to make the decision.
Any arguments against being talented, will lead you to live bad.
Bad life is not characterized by being stupid, but by being coward and weak.
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2007-03-29 02:34:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A perfectly brewed cup of green tea.
2007-03-29 10:31:01 · answer #6 · answered by K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as i can understand it it's the state of EMPTYNESS that then reveals the ONENESS.
2007-03-29 06:26:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sound of one hand clapping.
2007-03-29 01:55:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a japanese branch of buddhism that uses meditation to attain enlightenment.
2007-03-29 04:01:22 · answer #9 · answered by intellectualamarflame 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
zen.....is a hairlip saying pin.....
2007-03-29 03:29:27 · answer #10 · answered by James k 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋