Zen Under the Gun: Why bother?

https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Under-Gun-Masters-Turbulent/dp/0861715926/

Zen Masters after Wumen:

Hengchuan (1222-1289)

Gulin (1262-1329)

Zhuxin (1292-1348)

Daian (1347-1403)

The Natural Real Buddha (A verse to a Buddhist layman:)

The true self in every person is the natural real buddha. Through every hour of the day and night it is always emitting light.

If you can manage to see it personally as you lift your eyebrows,

Why bother making special trips all over to pay your respects

to Zen masters?

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µ ^Yo͞ok  Welcome! ^{Meet me}  My comment: Studying anything in science gets you real life skills. Why would anyone study religion or philosophy or Zen?

Why not grow out of it?

Submitted February 13, 2023 at 06:31AM by ewk https://ift.tt/bKYOnh8