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It isn't really just that an object is made of parts (because those parts would then also be "objects" too)-- it is made of relations. So a book is not just made up of parts which could be … (View Post)
(Quote) What you're saying echoes Norman Fischer: "The problem is that we actually are incapable of seeing zazen as useless because our minds can’t accept the fundamental genuineness and all-rig… (View Post)
Sounds very much like shikantaza (Soto Zen) practice: shikan (just) taza (sitting). It has its roots in Honzhi's "silent illumination" practice. Dogen, who imported "silent illuminatio… (View Post)
(Quote) I was interested enough in this conversation to offer an alternative point of view which doesn't rely on the metaphysical duality of "objectivity" vs. "subjectivity"-- whi… (View Post)