Zennist: Those on the side of Zen, either believers or loyal followers of Zen. [urbandictionary.com]
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I don’t want a detailed textbook or a New Age westernized ripoff of this school of Buddhism. Something with a focus on koans and the basic mindset of meditation would be great.
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What are you supposed to think about when you are meditating in a Zazen posture? Are you supposed to think about something?
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Are there other schools of Buddhism? How are they alike and different?
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Zen is the concept advanced by Sidhartha Buddha that one person can transmit their awakening to another by a method called Chan, or Zen. Thats what Zen is.
Buddhism otherwise does not vary greatly from the Hinduism from which it was born, except in the ways it was changed as it migrated from India to SE Asia. Over that span of space and time, it gradually mutated from a religion to more of a philosophy.
The religion and philosophy do not vary much from strict scientific fact. Past and Future do not exist. They are Nows which no longer exist, or which may never exist. There is only the current state of the Universe. The religion differs only in the believe that the Universe is a conscious entity, aka God, Spirit, Great Googamuga, etc. The philosophy differs only in the view that it does not matter if the Universe is conscious or not, its current state remains as It is.
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I used to think speed equals distance divided by time. But not necessarily, because according to Thanong Khanthong, "the speed of light equals distance multiplied by time". I thought Albert Einstein's theory of relativity said there is no absolute time.
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If it cant be proven then it is not there!!!!
We can photograph, x-ray, mri, cat scan the brain, but, we cant do the same when it comes to the mind.
This proves that there is no mind. Does it not?
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Another words, what does Zen Buddhism specifically teach regarding it? Also, i’m rather an idiot at these things so if you could please answer my question as though a child were asking, i’d appreciate it hehe.
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Genpo Roshi - Big Mind
He explains that his Zen training was very hard but he doesnâ??t think it had to be that hard and is now explaining to us in the west how we can be awakened without all the hard work.
As a relative beginner I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has listened to The Big Mind or anyone who is willing to take a look at it (using Google) and then give me your views on it.
I would appreciate your help here very much.
Thank you.
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