If you're one of the people who says, "I study what crossed from India to China, what passed from Huineng to Rinzai and Soto"

Why would you say "what Bodhidharma brought over" if you are a Buddhist?

• Don't you know Buddhists lynched the 2nd Zen Patriarch?

Why would you say "what Huineng transmitted" if you believe in 4NT and 8FP?

• Don't you know that Bodhidharma and his followers never taught those religious doctrines?

Why would you say "what Linji and Dongshan teach" if you believe in messiahs like Dogen and Hakuin?

• Don't you know that Zen Masters reject practices like Dogen's Zazen prayer-meditation?
• Don't you know that Zen Masters reject Hakuin's ritual question and answer certification?"

Why would you say Caodong or Soto if you've never studied Caodong?

• Don't you know the teachings of Dongshan the founder, Hongzhi's Poems, and Wansong's book of instruction?

Why would you say Linji or Rinzai if you've never studied the Linji line?

• Don't you study Huangbo, Linji's teacher, and books of instruction written by Linji's descendants Yuanwu and Wumen?

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Why not be honest about what texts you chant, what beliefs you hold, and what historians have revealed about the sources of your religions?

Submitted December 19, 2019 at 02:05PM by ewk https://ift.tt/36PhMgb