Jun 17, 2023
r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.
Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/133u9q3/huangbo_the_self_and_perceptions/
Post Summary:
Huangbo: It is that which you see before you—begin to reason about it and you at once fall into error. It is like the boundless void which...
Jun 17, 2023
r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.
Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/132fq1r/bos_case_10_the_women_of_taishan_wtf_old_lady/
Post Summary:
Case: On the road to Taishan there lived a certain woman.
(A rabbit on the road between the neighboring city and the farmhouses.)
Jun 17, 2023
r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.
Reddit Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/12vjwjw/a_man_whose_head_is_on_fire/
Post Summary:
A monk asked, "Asking for help like a man whose head is on fire - what is that like?"
Joshu said, "Be like him."
The monk asked, "In what way?"
Jun 5, 2023
r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.
Reddit Post: Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/12sfpyz/what_do_i_do_now_that_im_originally_a_buddha/
Post Summary:
You people, each of you has an ancient mirror. All the myriad forms-long, short, square, round-each and every one appears in it....
Jun 5, 2023
r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.
Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/12fpy5e/thwarting_the_grind/
Post Summary:
I'm at an age where I'm certainly not old, but old enough that the reality of how limited our time on earth can be has really set in. Especially this year.