r/zen is a reddit forum about Zen scholarship, study, and practice.

Reddit Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/z8c6py/zen_is_a_system_of_thought_based_on_enlightenment

Post Summary: Zen is not random. Zen is not religion based on faith. Zen is not philosophy, based on logically proceeding from a given starting point.

Zen Teaching: All of them. The history of Zen teachings, teachings about teachings, and Zen historical records.

Post Cast Overview: Astromi has strong feelings. What is Zen? People pretending Zen is random irrational "mind ending hell". Zen Masters talking about the same thing? Is Zen 1,000 years of discussion about one topic? Getting to a gas station. Making a puzzle. How Zen makes sense and doesn't. Sudden vs gradual. A safe with an infinite dial, but the combination is in your notes.

Zen Lineage: www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted