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Feb 21, 2024

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.

Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1av66kq/do_trees_deserve_a_beating/

Post Summary: All about Case 15, where Shochou says where he spent his summer and Yunmen says he should be viciously beaten for it.

Zen Teaching


Feb 17, 2024

 

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.

Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/HwDWUnQFh9

Post Summary: Yunmen once seized his staff, banged it on the seat and said,

"All sounds are the Buddha's voice, and all forms are the Buddha's shape. Yet when you hold your bowl and eat your...


Feb 17, 2024

 

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.

Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/196hqs7/zen_hopefuls_faith_in_teachings_vs_normies_trust/

Post Summary: A while ago ewk gave a description of the difference between trust and faith that stuck with me and has influenced my thinking...


Feb 17, 2024

 

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.

Reddit Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/192cmi1/what_are_some_fundamental_texts_to_read_the_less/

Post Summary: What is a Zen text? Where are the sutras?

Zen Teaching:

Post Cast Overview: (under construction)

Zen Lineage:


Feb 5, 2024

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.

Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/mO9j80BU2v

Post Summary: ewk claims to have derived Zen precepts algorythmically, chaos ensues.

1st Zen Precept: No Nest, No Tracks

Having no nest means not preferring some particular set of faith-based...