Our friend u/GuruHunter recommended I read the Huangbo texts because I would really like it. I actually liked it so much I read the entire Blofeld book in one go.
I would like to summarize what Huangbo's idea of Zen is, for you to pick it apart and correct any misunderstandings I have.
So he says...
Cut off all conceptual thought and you become the Absolute, the Buddha, One Mind. This one mind is unborn, undying, omnipresent and cliché as it sounds, non-dualistic as all is One Mind. However, One Mind is also the same as the Void, Sunyata, Emptiness. It exists outside of time and space which explains the meta-unborn/undying aspects. He says to cut off conceptual thinking one should forget about both Mind and external forms, not look for anything and "whatever is before you, this is it." This is Zen, according to Huangbo.
Am I wrong anywhere?
Also, as someone who never done any zazen (only vipassana meditation), but has read a bit about zazen, isn't that just a ritualised version of cut off conceptual thinking, "just being/sitting"?
Submitted August 20, 2020 at 03:27PM by SpringRainPeace https://ift.tt/2CK4TuD
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