Cleary's scholarship fails again: Fu-an, "12th Century". Come on, Cleary. Get it together.
If we are to discuss this matter, the simple fact is that there is nothing whatsoever to point out to people. If there were anything at all to indicate to people, [Zen] would not have reached the present day. For this reason the successions of buddhas extending a hand and the successions of Zen masters passing on transmission have done so for the lack of practical choice; there has never been an actual doctrine.
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ewk book note index - No doctrine! What a shocker! Nothing to point out! So no need for a single self-anointed guru! And oh, look, he mentions "Zen masters". Who are they?
Submitted September 14, 2017 at 05:58PM by ewk http://ift.tt/2xB7mn1
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