"Zen is…"

"Since Bodhidharma, the First Patriarch of Zen, arrived in China, there has been no “is” in Zen. Anyone who begins by saying, “Zen is...” has lost the Way. Once any of us takes the step of trying to intellectualize Zen with “is” then whatever follows is not Zen." - u/Ewk, "Not Zen: A Zen Revolution

Any statement about Zen is saying what Zen is. I mean… the bolded bit fails its own litmus test. Reworded…

"Zen is not whatever follows once any of us takes the step of trying to intellectualize Zen with "is"."

Now… this actually could be seen as an excellent way of saying what Zen't isn'tn't! 😂 That didn't seem to be the intended effect though. If it was… bravo! 👏👏👏

Submitted October 21, 2019 at 10:03AM by CaseyAPayne https://ift.tt/33Kw93Z