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Korean Zen
taiyaki
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The essence of all Zen traditions are the same, but they have different styles or presentation/techniques.
Rinzai Zen emphasizes "perceive kong-an (koan)," which refers to illumination through looking into words.
Soto Zen emphasizes "perceive silence," in which one just sits and "hits" the world of opposites.
Chogye Zen (the korean tradition) emphasizes "What is this?" which is perceiving not-knowing.
If you perceive don't know, just this, itself, is enlightenment.
The mind before conceptualization has infinite potential and is one. As soon as one conceptualizes, one creates your opinion, my opinion. his/her opinion, American opinion, Korean opinion, etc. But Korean Zen asserts that prior to this conceptualization the universe and you are one.
"Socrates used to walk through the streets and markets of Athens, telling people as he passed, "You must understand your true self, you must understand your true self." One of his students asked him, "Teacher, do you understand your true self?" "I don't know," he replied, "but I understand this don't know." [Zen masters'] and Socrates' actions, are they the same of different? If you attain that, then you attain your true self. If you don't understand, go to the kitchen and drink cold water.
The sky never says, "I am the sky." The tree never says, "I am tree." The dog only barks, "Woof, woof." If you open your mouth, you get thirty blows; if you close your mouth, then you also get thirty blows. What can you do? Put it all down. If you are thirsty, go drink some cold water."
-Seung Sahn
Rinzai Zen emphasizes "perceive kong-an (koan)," which refers to illumination through looking into words.
Soto Zen emphasizes "perceive silence," in which one just sits and "hits" the world of opposites.
Chogye Zen (the korean tradition) emphasizes "What is this?" which is perceiving not-knowing.
If you perceive don't know, just this, itself, is enlightenment.
The mind before conceptualization has infinite potential and is one. As soon as one conceptualizes, one creates your opinion, my opinion. his/her opinion, American opinion, Korean opinion, etc. But Korean Zen asserts that prior to this conceptualization the universe and you are one.
"Socrates used to walk through the streets and markets of Athens, telling people as he passed, "You must understand your true self, you must understand your true self." One of his students asked him, "Teacher, do you understand your true self?" "I don't know," he replied, "but I understand this don't know." [Zen masters'] and Socrates' actions, are they the same of different? If you attain that, then you attain your true self. If you don't understand, go to the kitchen and drink cold water.
The sky never says, "I am the sky." The tree never says, "I am tree." The dog only barks, "Woof, woof." If you open your mouth, you get thirty blows; if you close your mouth, then you also get thirty blows. What can you do? Put it all down. If you are thirsty, go drink some cold water."
-Seung Sahn
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It is a collection of koans though!