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I agree they aren't very Zen. But Zen isn't very Buddhist either, it's more Taoism with a Buddhist gloss.
by billswift 16y ago
I agree they aren't very Zen. But Zen isn't very Buddhist either, it's more Taoism with a Buddhist gloss.
- crux 16y agoCan't argue with that. I'm a Thai Forest Tradition man myself. But I have a soft spot in my heart for Zen, formed back when I was a teenager and in the thrall of the exact same aesthetics that have made it such a buzzword on the internet today.
- gruseom 16y agoZen isn't very Buddhist either, it's more Taoism with a Buddhist gloss. Are you sure? That doesn't sound right to me. Zen is traced back to Bodhidharma, who came from Southern India. Taoism certainly didn't come from India. Moreover, Zen's almost nihilistic austerity seems at odds with the back-to-nature lyricism of, say, the Tao te Ching. It is difficult to imagine Lao Tse beating disciples with sticks.