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Zen Talking

Zen is a tradition from India that passed into China. Zen culture is based on the Five Lay Precepts, teachings compatible with the Four Statements of Zen, and Zen"s only practice: Public Interview. The Zen reddit forum has a huge diversity of discussion about Zen ranging from scholarship and unique translation work to doctrinal discussions based on Zen"s history: Why is Zen not compatible with Buddhism? Why are meditation religions not the Zen they claim to be? What are koans about?

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38:57

9-29 Level Ground and Mystic Mountain: Double Barrier!

Zen Talking ·

2022/10/27

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: Yuantong’s Question: Practicing mysticism is still going on a steep and difficult path; what is level ground1? Wansong’s Answer: East, west, south, north. Linquan’s Instructional Verse: East, west, south, north- thorns piercing the heavens. A stone man without legs needn't exert effort. You still must pass through that double barrier When free in all ways you finally escape from bondage. Zen Teaching:

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9-27 Vegetarianism, Online Enlightenment, and Precepts

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2022/10/27

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: A monk asked, "Mixing without becoming impure - what is that like?" Joshu said, "I eat only vegetable food; I always adhere to the precepts." The monk said, "Can one elevate oneself in this way?" Joshu said, "You would trespass against the law." Zen Teaching: Zen Under the Gun: Four generations of Masters 1200-1400 https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Under-Gun-Masters-Turbulent/dp/0861715926 Reddit Post:

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36:33

9-26 Haz Enlightenmentz?

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2022/10/14

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: Yangshan said, "From now on what should be my mode of life?" Guishan said, "I admire your Dharma Eye; I am not concerned about the practical side of the matter." Zen Teaching: Blyth Zen and Zen Classics on Terebess, Yunmen on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Master-Yunmen-Essential-Sayings/dp/1611805597 Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/xirodj/haz_enlightenments/ Zen Lineage:

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9-19 Layman Pang… Zen bros!

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2022/10/14

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: On another day, the Layman asked Ch'i-feng, "Do you know how far it is from here to the top of the peak?" Ch'i-feng said, "I'm not sure if you can really get there from here." The Layman said, "If it were so awfully steep and treacherous, I wouldn't have asked about it."" Ch'i-feng said, "You tell me how far it then." Zen Teaching: Layman Pang! https://www.amazon.com/Sayings-Layman-Pang-Classic-China/dp/1590306309

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9-16 The Bahiya Sutta

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2022/10/14

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: In reference to the heard, only the heard. In reference to the sensed, only the sensed. In reference to the cognized, only the cognized. That is how you should train yourself. When for you there will be only the seen in reference to the seen, only the heard in reference to the heard, only the sensed in reference to the sensed, only the cognized in reference to the cognized, then, Bāhiya, there is no you in connection with

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32:48

9-13 Zen and Mental Illness

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2022/10/05

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: Despite what trolls, tryhards, wannabes, and outsiders have to say about r/zen, this place is a resource like no other when it comes to the study of Zen. People who are serious waste no time… I can split that four years into three phases. There is the time when I was very ill mentally, leading up to diagnosis and treatment. At the time I was unable to directly confront what the masters were pointing to. My study was purely

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37:14

9-11 Is Zen Worth Studying?

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2022/10/05

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: Foyan said: "I urge you not to be crude minded. In your conduct, day and night, keep evolving higher; then even if you do not attain enlightenment, you will still be a highly refined individual. Be sure to be attentive" Zen Teaching: Foyan, Cleary trans. - https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Zen-Waking-Up-Present/dp/1556431937 Reddit Post:

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38:13

9-10 Why Can't You Uphold the Precepts?

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2022/10/04

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: A monk asked Muzhou, "Can the entire canon be recited in one breath?" Muzhou said, "What pastries do you have? Set them right out!" Dahui said, "When you get up early in the morning, there are also people who’ve been traveling by night." Zen Teaching: Dahui’s Shobogenzo, trans. Cleary – no longer on Amazon Reddit Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/x9ajz2/muzhous_why_cant_you_uphold_the_five_precepts/ Zen

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38:03

9-8 Can Enlightenment be Lost?

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2022/09/27

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: Can some people attain enlightenement, gain a glimpse of "the way," and forget about it to no longer be enlightened? Do the truly enlightened maintain their clarity eternally? Zen Teaching: Blyth’s Zen and Zen Classics Volume 3 (Soto Zen) Reddit Post: https://reddit.com/r/zen/comments/x7otc3/can_enlightenment_be_lost_after_attained/ Zen Lineage: www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted

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9-6 Precepts Optional?

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2022/09/27

r/zen is a reddit form about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: Is not murdering, not lying, and not raping just optional? Follow your nature, blend with the Way, be free and easy, a stranger to all care. Text: Trust in Mind aka Faith in Mind, available all over. Let me know if you can’t find it. Compare translations! Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/x27ook/hot_take_adhering_to_precepts_is_not_required/ Zen Lineage: www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted

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9-5 Layman Pang and the Lay Precepts

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2022/09/27

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: The Layman said, "I will do whatever is best." It came to pass that he never shaved his head to join the sangha. Text: Layman Pang: https://www.amazon.com/Sayings-Layman-Pang-Classic-China/dp/1590306309 Post: https://reddit.com/r/zen/comments/x2wauo/zen_take_layman_pang_and_the_5_lay_precepts/ Zen Lineage: www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted

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38:55

9-2 Yangshan’s Pearl

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2022/09/19

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: Master Yangshan went to Dongsi. Dongsi asked, "Where are you from?" Yangshan said, "I’m from Guangnan." Dongsi said, "I’ve heard that there is a bright pearl that stills the sea in Guanguan. Is this true?" Yangshan said, "Yes." Dongsi said, "What is this pearl like?" Yangshan said, "It is hidden when the moon is dark, and appears when the moon is bright." Dongsi said, "And did you bring it?" Yangshan said, "I brought it."

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8-30 Did I get the point?

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2022/09/19

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: “My cousin recently became Christian, and asked me if I read anything spiritual or religious. I told him I read the mumonkan and pitched it as "The Zen Bible".” Zen Teaching: Zhaozhou’s “No” via https://www.amazon.com/Recorded-Sayings-Zen-Master-Joshu/dp/157062870X Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/x0extu/did_i_get_the_point_or_am_i_fooling_myself/ Zen Lineage: www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted

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8-28 Can I be Zen while others suffer?

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2022/09/19

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: I don't have as much of an issue with the idea of letting go of my own suffering, but when it comes to others, I feel some moralistic way about it, like sometimes I feel empathy or moral outrage. How does zen address this? Zen Teaching: Huangbo said, “Compassion is not seeing others as to-be enlightened” via https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Teaching-Huang-Po-Transmission/dp/0802150926/ Reddit Post:

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8-27 Yuanwu Decodes Zen: Secrets Inside!

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2022/09/14

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: Yuanwu said, "A monk asked, "What is the task in the patch robe?" Xianglin said, "Fire burns a mountain in December." Yunmen said, "The twenty-fifty day of December-look look-the last month is ending." Xianglin is a son inheriting his father's [Yunmen's] business. Zen Teaching: https://www.amazon.com/Measuring-Tap-Chan-Buddhist-Classic-ebook/dp/B07RYFN7JM/ Reddit Post:

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38:56

8-27 Guest and Host is confusing!

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2022/09/13

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: Huangbo, via the text Teachings of Huang Po: 32) Once our Master requested a short leave of absence and Nan Shan asked where he was going. ‘I'm just off to gather some vegetables.' ‘What are you going to cut them with?' Our Master held up his knife, whereupon Nan Shan remarked: ‘Well, that's all right for a guest but not for a host.' Zen Teaching: https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Teaching-Huang-Po-Transmission/dp/0802150926/

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8-24 Is there a Self that Persists?

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2022/09/13

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: Is there a self in Zen? If we can't quote Zen Masters, how would we know? Zen Teaching: Try Mazu! https://www.amazon.com/Sun-Face-Buddha-Teachings-Ma-Tsu-Hung-Chou/dp/0875730221 Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/wu7lml/there_might_not_be_a_self_that_persists_through/ Zen Lineage: www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted

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37:04

Lost My Zen to Empathy

Zen Talking ·

2022/09/07

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: ...sometimes I feel empathy or moral outrage. How does zen address this? Zen Teaching: Huangbo! https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Teaching-Huang-Po-Transmission/dp/0802150926/ Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/wukpwz/how_can_i_be_zen_if_others_are_suffering/ Zen Lineage: www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted

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36:38

What's Going on with Foyan?

Zen Talking ·

2022/09/07

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: Over the age of thirty, it's better not to study, because it will be hard to learn even if you do, and it will also be of dubious value. If you have taken care of your own business, on the other hand-- that is, the business of the self -- then you will still be able to learn through study, because you have been transformed. But if you have done with your own business, why would you study? If you are twenty years of age or

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37:14

Watch Out! Arrow!

Zen Talking ·

2022/09/07

r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice. Summary: Once, Zhaozhou paid a visit to Zhuyu. Upon ascending into the Hall of the Law, Zhuyu said, “Watch out! Arrow!” Zhaozhou replied, “Watch out! Arrow!” Zhuyu said, “Miss!” Zhaozhou said, “Mark!” Text: https://www.amazon.com/Measuring-Tap-Chan-Buddhist-Classic-ebook/dp/B07RYFN7JM Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/wohy0i/a_case_involving_watching_out_for_an_unreal_arrow/ Zen Lineage:

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