ama

As u/UhExist is too proud to request an ama he only suggested that I do an AMA.

I was going to title it as, one leg up, one leg down, or trial by shit flinging, or maybe matter for weak people or something like that, Ronin style! but then I thought about how unimportant this shit is, as I'm just acting on u/UhExist suggestion, and titled it 'ama' but doing just so ironically shows importance. And now I'm just confused /r/zen, is this shit really important or not?

Anyways let's start with the standard questions, cause you know, who really wants to grapple with u/ewk's chokehold, it's exhausting!

Not Zen?
No teacher, no lineage, so not applicable, at least so far. u/lurkersim helped AE, maybe he can help me find one, he is the obscure shit expert.

What's your text?
Woah... an essence of zen? makes me really wonder... I sometimes dig Yunmen, there is this multipage Deshan rant in Dahui's shobogenzo I chuckle at... I'll add something if I remember...
Edit: Oh, I remembered this hilarious comment on the oak tree case by Wansong: a monk asks about the meaning of Buddhism and Joshu says oak tree in a garden. For first-line wansong comments 'idle concern' or something like that... and for oak tree part, he says... 'brick hits solid ice'.

Dharma low tides?
I wondered what's Dharma low tide in my last ama, I wonder the same now. What's Dharma low tide?

What do you do when it's like pulling teeth to read, bow, chant, sit, or post on r/zen?
Hopefully, not actually pulling my teeth lol. If I don't feel like doing something, I don't usually do it. I imagine the same in given situation.

Submitted November 04, 2019 at 03:28PM by aamdev https://ift.tt/2JOSkOK