Assuming that Zen is Meditation.

Assuming that Zen is Meditation. Assuming that all of the world's scholars of Zen and Buddhism and related stuff are right when they say that Zen is meditation. Assuming that they aren't just a bunch of dummies. Assuming that they are right when they say that the very word Zen is derived from the terms chan and dhyan and dhyana. And assuming that they are right when they say that dhyana means meditation.

And assuming that all this weird stuff that the Zen Masters talk about requires you to meditate to appreciate it. That without meditating, without sharpening your seeing like that, you will not understand what they are talking about at all.

So ya, assuming that.

Then, if you have not meditated, your opinions about Zen are a fart.

Even if you have read a bunch of Zen books, and are a really smart guy, and have given the subject a whole bunch of thought. Still.

A fart.

Submitted February 28, 2018 at 03:44AM by woodrail http://ift.tt/2Cpz4pg