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What is Zen?


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What do you do if you see the Budda ?

Invite him to join me for a cold one on the porch.

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If I am focused on the thought that the Buddha is 'out there', then I must kill the Buddha. Then see the Buddha within me. The Buddha and I are One.

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if you chase a rabbit, the rabbit runs..if you chase a thought, the thought will run. chasing a thing catches a thing. the thing should come to you. as the thing comes, embrace it. that is zen.

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All this sounds very wise...but what have we other than mind to mind thru that less-than-perfect-vehicle: language.

We all have different symbol-sets & therefore are never quite understood x another - but what the hell - have fun anyway(z)...unless of course you live on the mountain top.

...& contrary to some grand pronouncement x John Donne - all men are islands..."out there/here" all x yourself?...oh my! Deal w/ it...it's fun once you get to the part where you real-ize it is the complete truth.

-jb

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“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” Orwell

Are thought and language different? Both are unfinished business.

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I'm not sure if they are unfinished, but instead imperfect.

Language is an imperfect reflection of a thought, but a thought is an imperfect reflection of the Whole.

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