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Philosophy 312: Oriental Philosophy Zen Buddhism: Seek Your Own Nature Abstract: The nature and lack of goals in Zen practice are noted. I. General remarks about introducing aspects of Zen. The origins are as much Taoist as Buddhist.
Philip Kapleau, Three Pillars of Zen. Anchor, 1989. Alan Watts, The Way of Zen. Vintage, 1999.
2. Intuition and a distain for intellectual or formalistic methods, dogma, institutions. Zen seeks to transcend the relativity of cultural conditioning. 3. The nature of self is the nature of change itself.
2. You don't have to justify your existence by works. We don't exist for something else--just ourselves.
2. Listen to yourself as the first step. Note Vasudeva's relationship with the river in Hesse's Siddhartha.. 3. Sometimes when we try too hard, we develop a "purposeful tremor."
B. Compare "losing yourself" in activity. |
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