I feel that it is helpful ( for a student of Buddhism ) to gain as much useful information as possible.. I have read both Therevada and Zen Buddhism, and it's plain to see , where these two practices overlap.. And I think it helps separate the wheat from the chaff..
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They are both a practice, to learn the student the way of the dhamma or darmha..
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They both have the teaching, or realization of no self.. There is no concrete self. Yes, there is a body, but this is not a self..
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Both use meditation practices as a means to attain samahdi, (zen) or samatha ( therevada) which is a state of awareness, in which the mind is focused, on the natural flow of events, the here and now.. Calm and steady.
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Non duality. The concept of right and wrong, good and bad, high and low.. Happy or sad.. These are all concepts, or opinions, and should be realised as not dhamma..
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Isolation. There are lots of stories in zen, of wandering monks, living in isolation, in the mountains.. In therevada, monks will go on dhutanga. Which is a period of isolation, or wandering alone, for extended periods of time, in the forests.
I'm sure I've missed lots of overlapping points out, but does anyone agree with having a foot in both worlds, so to speak?
Submitted May 12, 2020 at 10:58AM by jasonsmudge https://ift.tt/2Wr26xv
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