Do the zen characters raise moral issues, or its it more the case that some readers project moral issues on the zen characters?

We live in a society that raises a lot of moral issues about everything, that wants moral clarity whether it comes from religion or science. Justifies its actions, justifies compassion, justifies punishments (and imagined punishments), also rewards and imagined rewards based on morality or karma, or spiritual "laws".

Nothing can lock us into the idea of cause and effect like the law, whether its a believed law of morality or the police. Even a dog knows about fairness in social relations, but there is more to this than cause and effect.

Does zen have a moral code, and if not, what guides behavior in zen?

Submitted October 05, 2020 at 10:39PM by rockytimber https://ift.tt/2GBqQO7