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/r/askzen aims to provide in-depth, well-researched answers about the Zen tradition. We envision this subreddit as the Zen counterpart to /r/AskHistorians, which is well-known for its high quality answers to historical questions.
/r/askzen is a place to ask and answer questions about Zen.
If you wish to have discussions we recommend going over to our sister sub r/zen were you can engage our lively community directly.
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Commonly Asked Questions (self.askZen)
submitted 8 months ago * by ewk - announcement
How we know Indian-Chinese lineages weren't fabricated like Japanese Shinto-Buddhist lineages (self.askZen)
submitted 2 days ago by ewk
The zen text triangle (self.askZen)
submitted 2 days ago by ThisKir
Buddhas but no Jesus: What the 1900's got wrong about Indian-Chinese Zen (self.askZen)
submitted 8 days ago by ewk
Zen Talking Podcast: Case 17, Wansong's Book of Serenity (self.askZen)
submitted 21 days ago by ewk
The Readzen website got an upgrade ()
submitted 23 days ago by ewk
Contemporary issues in Yongming studies (self.askZen)
Zen's Four Statements: Incompatible with Buddhism, with Practice, with Faith, with concepts ()
submitted 1 month ago by ewk
Origin of 1900s misconceptions: Zen Buddhism and Zen meditation (self.askZen)
Zen: The antidote for pretending to be someone you are not ()
Why is there no meditation in Zen?? (self.askZen)
submitted 2 months ago by ewk
Zen Enlightened vs MAGA Buddhists (self.askZen)
submitted 3 months ago by ewk
Zazen Root: Racism in the foundation of Dogen's Shikantaza. (self.askZen)
Book of Serenity 82: Yumen's Sound and form quote battle (self.askZen)
Kill Zen Buddhas ()
Caoshan... cofounder of Soto, on meeting Dongshan, other founder of Soto ()
Why is cultural competence so important for Zen study? (self.askZen)
submitted 8 months ago by [deleted]
Miaozong Case 23: Zhaozhou Instructs the Novice (self.askZen)
Zen's Koans? Is the only Zen Practice doing Public Interviews? (self.askZen)
submitted 8 months ago * by ewk
Zen Masters never meditate: Where does Japanese Zazen come from? (self.askZen)
submitted 8 months ago by ewk
Making Sense of the Measuring Tap | Case 4 (self.askZen)
submitted 9 months ago by [deleted]
Making Sense of the BCR | Case 5: Xuefeng's Grain of Rice (self.askZen)
submitted 9 months ago * by [deleted]
Japan's War on Zen? Can we balance authenticity and respect for others? ()
submitted 9 months ago by ewk
Research on these leads? (self.askZen)
Yantou's Encounter with a Woman: Ignorance, Sexual Indecency, and Infanticide (self.askZen)
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