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I thought the whole point of these Zen sayings was that they are silly or nonsensical until you interpret them in some deeper way. Edit: As akprasad pointed ou
by taneq 2y ago
I thought the whole point of these Zen sayings was that they are silly or nonsensical until you interpret them in some deeper way.
Edit: As akprasad pointed out below, I was thinking of koans.
- akprasad 2y agoYou're thinking of koans [1], which are a specific kind of Zen speech used to shift the mind out of conceptual thinking. Outside of that context, Zen teachers often just talk in conventional language. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koan