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In the text The Straight Path, Zen Master Anzan Hoshin quotes the following from Zen Master Dogen's Fukanzazengi, or How Everyone Can Sit: Think of not-thinking. How do you think of not-thinking? Be … (View Post)
FWIW, the old zen masters burned Buddha statues for firewood and wiped their butts with pages of sacred scriptures. They were still wise men! :lol: (View Post)
(Quote) How I came across zen was funny. The zen story or koan (Nansen Cuts the Cat in Two) of the guy putting shoes on his head was my very first exposure to any Buddhism. I said "Killing cats,… (View Post)