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The Zen Master Foyan (12th century China) wrote: “Buddhism is an easily understood, energy-saving teaching; people strain themselves. Seeing them helpless, the
by mbrock 12y ago
The Zen Master Foyan (12th century China) wrote:
“Buddhism is an easily understood, energy-saving teaching; people strain themselves. Seeing them helpless, the ancients told people to try meditating quietly for a moment. These are good words, but later people did not understand the meaning of the ancients; they went off and sat like lumps with knitted brows and closed eyes, suppressing body and mind, waiting for enlightenment. How stupid! How foolish!”
I think you could find lots of interesting parallels between software development and religion. To a first approximation, it's all about old guys giving advice that's misunderstood and channeled into various schemes like consultancies and conferences and churches.
- cheatsheet 12y agoI only read the end of the article, but it seems the author agrees with you. > Don't fall in to Tim's trap. Great developers create great software not because they follow the strictures of some methodology but because they are truly great, gifted artisans. But I think this concept of self knowledge is integral to Buddhism at the least, and I know understanding it can be part of swallowing an iron hot ball in zen.
- agumonkey 12y agoOr an inherent failure of human communication. Previous generations can't communicate their own past point of view, experience and the meaning of the newly found solutions. The new generation try to interpret these solutions with their own point of view and lack of experience.