Thursday, 14 May 2020

Struggling with (what seems to be) the paradoxes of Zen

Newcomer question.

From the Gateless Gate https://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/zen/mumonkan.htm :

"As for those who try to understand through other people's words, they are striking at the moon with a stick; scratching a shoe, whereas it is the foot that itches. What concern have they with the truth? "

By being on this forum am I already lost? Am I striking at the moon with a stick even by reading the Zen Masters' works? I'm compelled to just laugh at this and continue reading.



Submitted May 15, 2020 at 12:20AM by __radical https://ift.tt/2T2NoKH

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