Buddhism's is Selfless and silly, not Zen

Buddhists don't believe in a self!

How can you make sense of that?

I mean you're a you, right? How silly is that?

Hakamaya argues that "The moral imperative of Buddhism is to act selflessly (anatman) to benefit others. Any religion that favors the self to the neglect of others contradicts the Buddhist ideal.

There are a dozens and teachings that strikingly reject the Buddhist perspective on being selfless... I'm sure people in this forum are familiar with many examples.

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Don't worry about those silly Buddhists,, in Buddhism nobody else has a you either!

Hakamaya: The hongkaku shiso idea that 'grasses, trees mountains, and rivers all have attained Buddhahood; that sentient and non-sentient beings are all endowed with the way of the Buddha" (or in Hakamaya's words, "included in the substance of Buddha" leaves no room for this moral imperative"

No doubt you will recognize the quote within a quote? It's a Zen teaching that Buddhism rejects. One of the many Zen teachings that Buddhism rejects.

If you want to understand why r/Buddhism is so mean about Zen and r/Zen, don't get distracted by personalities and personal remarks... Zen and Buddhism have long been deeply divided by irredeemable doctrinal disputes.

Submitted July 22, 2022 at 09:40AM by ewk https://ift.tt/8MUGbAg