Zen Talking

Read the History, Talk the History, 4-22

Episode #: 305

#Post(s) in Question

###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1srmxik/comment/ohm335u/?context=1

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# What did we talk about?

Kinds of mindfulness, calculation, exercise, method, strategy Zen vs Chess Zen Master Buddha's three fears Methods to purity Zen as non-calculation Zen and the three poisons Zen as improv theater The Zen of being yourself

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Read the History, Talk the History, 2/17

Episode #304

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* https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1rehlm5/zen_manners_part_2_why_is_zen_like_this/

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# Third thouhts

I don't remember what we talked about, but Good Zen Manners has been an upsetting topic here for more than a decade. If somebody wants to be Goth or Straight Edge or a Hipster, we all agree that (a) that will entail specific subculture norms and (b) you get to.

But good Zen manners, as dictated by 1,000 years of indigenous Zen historical records (called koans) and a dozen plus Zen books of instruction written by Zen Masters are **so at odds with Christian Humanism, Shinto-Buddhist Zazen and Hakuinism, and Protestant culture**, that 99% of the time the discussion is **HOW DARE U BE DIFFERENT IN A WAY I DON'T LIKE, EVEN IN UR OWN FORUM**. So it's a hard topic to discuss...

Read the History, Talk the History, 4-9

Episode #: 303

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# What did we talk about?

Faith in Mind translation... chinese and english are weird.

Also is cadence in poetry a thing in ancient china?

Diary of Adam and Eve: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8525/8525-h/8525-h.htm

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Read the History, Talk the History, 4-23

Episode #: 302

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* https://old.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1spubtz/zen_goes_to_korea/

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# What did we talk about? ***ReadZen is an rZen tool from dota2nub (download and Web versions) that makes primary texts available with translations and dictionaries and lineage trees and for 1,000 years of Zen records you kinda need it.***

Jikji is a chinese text published in Chinese in korea It has stuff I've never seen translation problems abound though koreans used modified chinese characters - super interestingly modified What records does Jikji have that Chinese records don't What is the first sayings text by a korean master? What is the first BoS BCR style book written by a korean master? what is in the "Collected works of Korean Buddhism"

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Read the History, Talk the History, 4-26

Episode #: 301

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* https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/rZltoQ6tyd

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# What did we talk about?

Quitting study. Quitting Enlightenment Can you quit talking to them?

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Read the History, Talk the History, 4-14

Episode #: 300

#Post(s) in Question

https://www.reddit.com/r/askZen/comments/1srmpqi/zen_talking_podcast_case_17_wansongs_book_of/?

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# What did we talk about?

The center of this Case is Wansong's use of the metaphor of the scale. The understanding of what a scale looks like and what "steelyard" means, and how Wansong recycles the metaphor and plays it off against other metaphors.

For example: To arrows meet in flight... this is a way of describing equal "wisdoms" canceling each other out. Wansong contrasts this with "equal" on a scale, and then cuts the scale center beam that holds the equal weights to "see what happens".

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Read the History, Talk the History, #299 ,2-4-26

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#Post(s) in Question

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https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1qut7e0/

> Are most zen books you find in the book store/library a bit…. crap?

www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted

I want to ask people who are more well versed: am I thick if I don't get anything from most zen books?

I wrote my anecdotal shpeel for context but I think it makes more sense as a comment below.

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Read the History, Talk the History, #

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###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1qq9ckf/from_the_dms_i_think_im_enligthened/ (Inspired by, is that a thing?)

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Read the History, Talk the History

Episode: 1-23 #297

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https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1pq1ws4/brief_zhaozhou/

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# What did we talk about?

Translation in principle vs in practice.

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Read the History, Talk the History 12/16

Episode: 297

#Post(s) in Question

###Post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/zensangha/comments/1pniott/case_27_of_the_recorded_sayings_of_joshu/

Case 27, Zhaozhou, green trans.

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# What did we talk about?

What is this Case about?

Crimes of the past : just balance the scales :: teachings of the past : talking about east and west

East and West is a core teaching of Zhaozhou

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