The ongoing disputes between r/Zen and r/Buddhism, r/ZenBuddhism, r/Meditation, r/Psychonauts, and r/Awakening exactly mirror longstanding cultural differences between Zen and the various Buddhist religions.
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Zen demands literacy... Western Buddhists and Christians insist on being illiterate "beginner experts".
- Look at any book of instruction written by a Zen Master... they all require not only academic skills but some background in the subject
- Soto Zen Master Wansong's Book of Serenity: 512 pages
- Books from Zazen Buddhism like Beginner's Mind by Shunryu are written below a twelfth grade level of reading.
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Zen demands public discussion... Western Buddhism and Evangelical Christianity encourage censorship, private testimony, and "prayer walls".
- The 1,000 year historical record is public Cases.
- One time the Master said, "If you would experience that which transcends even the Buddha, you must first be capable of a bit of conversation."
- Western Buddhism and Evangelical Christianity have inside and outside the church discussions, and sermons vs private meeting conversations... not public.
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Zen is aggressively intolerant... Western Buddhism and Evangelical Christianity are blindly inclusively.
- Zen Masters are in a hurry to disprove people
- "You haven't even answered what you were asked, so how can you say that such aggressiveness will not do?" said the Master.
- Western Buddhists still embrace sex predators' wisdom, Evangelical Christians often welcome back pastors who've lied and cheated.
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Yo͞ok Welcome! Meet me My comment: In general, if you think reading books is a problem... then you are in the wrong forum.
Submitted May 04, 2023 at 08:21AM by ewk https://ift.tt/nvXSb8M
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