The tragedy of Dogenism and "internet only" Western Buddhism in two questions:

1. What's ur text?

2. What you want from it?

Consider what it means when somebody refuses to answer these questions... let alone refuses to answer in a forum where the teachers demand answers:

Yangshan once returned to Guishan to interview him, Guishan said to him, "You are now called a good and clever teacher. How can you distinguish between those who come from all parts and know It, and those who don't know it; the Masters who have inherited It, and those who have not; the profound learning, and the (mere) meaning learning. Explain and let me hear." Yangshan replied, "Yangshan has had this experience. When monks come from all directions, he raises his mosquito-flapper, and asks them if This is expounded where they come from or not. Further, he says to them, leaving this aside, 'What are the old Masters where you come from teaching?'" Guishan admired him and said, "This has always bee the claw and fang of our sect."

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Welcome! ewk comment: /r/zen has seen dozens of people come in here, get angry, start harassment campaigns, block people, content and vote brigade, and trash r/zen in other forums, all while not having the courage to answer these two simple questions.

When we look at history and try to learn from it, we see basically two kinds of people: those who stand up for something and publicly commit to it, and people who hate, lie, and hide. Think about the courage so many minorities have shown simply by demanding to be allowed to answer these questions publicly.

The tragedy of the cowardice of Dogenism and Western Buddhism in two questions, for sure.

It isn't just that these people are cowards... it's that they are ashamed of their faiths.

Submitted September 15, 2021 at 08:32AM by ewk https://ift.tt/3zgg4Cm