In that regard Zen tradition is as any tradition that arose in the light of the Buddha. Just like Theravada and Mayahana and all other different yanas and sects over the course of history Zen tradition uses and evolves Buddha Dharma related jargon predating its existence.
In the course of history there has been innumerable different kind of Buddha Dharma related sects each with its own special doctrine, each treating itself as the superior, the one authentic school and every single one of them has put their own tradition and doctrine over the original. Even the Theravadins who were involved in preserving oldest existent Buddha Dharma related texts don't follow those texts, but their own kind of thing that they made up (so called Abhidharma) and so each sect had their own Abhidharma which in essence is an interpretation of the original Buddha Dharma. So everyone uses the jargon, but everyone has a different interpretation and no tradition is actually in line with the original message.
As everyone has been involved in traditions and interpretations of their own schools and teachers there actually has not been a single school using the Dharma jargon ever who has been following the early message instead of this or that interpretation of this or that school or guru for 2500 years (!). In other words the early texts with the message within have been shelved for more than two thousand years in favor of some later made up 'higher' Dharmas, 'bigger' vehicles, 'superior' schools, 'cooler' masters.
To fully understand this one has not only to study Zen without the slightest positive or negative bias, but the rest of the traditions as well in the same way and the early texts not related to any tradition and interpretation and the history related to them as well which is something I have done.
I hope you find this useful.
Submitted February 01, 2020 at 06:12PM by thatkitty https://ift.tt/2GG7qo1
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