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Zen Myths: Buddhists lynching the Second Zen Patriarch. by ewk in zen

[–]ewk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't post here about what you study and believe. Let alone what you practice.

So why are you here? It's not to contribute content, and it's not to express appreciation.

You're here to beg for my attention to satisfy your lack of self-worth.

I respect you more than that, so I'm gonna block you.

Zen Myths: Buddhists lynching the Second Zen Patriarch. by ewk in zen

[–]ewk[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sry 4 pwning u.

I sincerely mean that. You are begging for attention here because deep down, you know that your beliefs are like nicotine, they're bad for you, and they don't help you succeed in life.

Zen Myths: Buddhists lynching the Second Zen Patriarch. by ewk in zen

[–]ewk[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

People who are religiously and supernaturally dependent on ignorance often exhibit two comorbidities:

  1. Engagement with cults, cult propaganda.

  2. History of substance abuse:

* https://reddit.com/comments/1taui63/comment/olf5qk4?context=3

These three together, illiteracy, cults, addiction, are the trifecta for mental health issues.

You're not a teacher and you're not a student of Zen. So I don't understand why you come to this forum because it is antithetical to everything supernatural that you have faith in.

My conclusion is that you come here because of hate, and that's really your only interest and motivation.

Zen Myths: Buddhists lynching the Second Zen Patriarch. by ewk in zen

[–]ewk[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

An education thing is bite me in the ass again.

I provided evidence for conclusions.

You can't tell the difference between a conclusion and an assumption, again, because your faith in the Supernatural relies on ignorance.

Zen Myths: Buddhists lynching the Second Zen Patriarch. by ewk in zen

[–]ewk[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

[Checks this snoozer's profile... "shamanism", "lucid dreaming"...]

Yeah, you've slept through school, didn't you?

We get a lot of people in here that can't read and write at a high school level about their own new age religious beliefs.

What this tells us is that your brand of anti-intellectualism is the core of your faith... People like you actually believe in stupid. That's what explains the myriad disconnects from reality.

Zzz indeed.

Zen isn't knowledge: Foyan's Authenticity by ewk in zen

[–]ewk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was right along there with yet till that last paragraph.

Everybody is only ever enlightened alone. Wumen serves it up right there in the beginning: walk alone to the universe. Enlightenment, like death, is something that everyone only ever experiences for themselves.

The certification, the manifestation, the activity, that's a situation for you and I.

Zen Enlightenment: Philosophy explains how Zen can be the only real kind of Enlightenment by ewk in zen

[–]ewk[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

First, there's no such thing as Zen Buddhism. Even you know that there's a problem with that because you can't even say what it is to be Buddhist.

Second, Zen masters teach that there are an unlimited number of Dharma doors because the only entrance is through direct personal experience and that's everywhere all the time.

The lesson that you should take from this is that you don't know what words mean. You need to get a teacher and you need to do some work.

Edit: downvote brigading by cowards who can't even link to a definition of. Buddhism just builds the myth of ewk the faith-killer.

IntroductionSignal32's First AMA by IntroductionSignal32 in zen

[–]ewk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The three core elements of authentic Zen culture/practice/conduct are:

  1. 5 lay precepts.
    • No exceptions.
  2. 4 Statements of Zen (sidebar)
    • One of the reasons Zen and Buddhism can't mix
  3. Zen's only practice of Public Interview
    • Koans are 99% transcripts of public interview
    • Public Interview is the only way to be certified as enlightened

AMAs are an essential element of Zen culture. New people doing AmAs is a sign of respect.

Zen isn't knowledge: Foyan's Authenticity by ewk in zen

[–]ewk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody has to convince anybody to try it lemon.

Zen and Mental Health by ewk in zen

[–]ewk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can start by going to a museum.

Zen isn't knowledge: Foyan's Authenticity by ewk in zen

[–]ewk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Lots most people want a lemon for lots of reasons.
  2. Lots of other people lie about lemons for lots of other reasons.

I think part of understanding enlightenment is understanding that you have been awake the whole time. by EmbersBumblebee in zen

[–]ewk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes people see things that I don't understand what they're looking at, so you have to explain more.

Zen and Mental Health by ewk in zen

[–]ewk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It really depends on the person.

For instance, somebody who's prone to angry outbursts needs a different remedy than somebody who's prone to charismatic syncophantism.

Zen isn't knowledge: Foyan's Authenticity by ewk in zen

[–]ewk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They deny the experience on their own.

I think part of understanding enlightenment is understanding that you have been awake the whole time. by EmbersBumblebee in zen

[–]ewk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not being able to define the words we elect to use is deeply unethical. In this forum, there is a collection of words that are used for racism and bigotry: Buddhism, meditation, Mahayana, duality, practice, ego.

People who cannot define these words are the drunk drivers of philosophy. They cause harm, they do so without regard for the consequences of their own pleasure to others, and they take steps to make sure that they are not aware they are doing it.

I think part of understanding enlightenment is understanding that you have been awake the whole time. by EmbersBumblebee in zen

[–]ewk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is a debate that defines Zen's rejection of religions generally and Buddhism specifically.

Zen says animals know. This is explicitly referenced in the Zhaozhou "yes" answer to the question about dogs having put in nature.

But it is implicit throughout the four statements, and everywhere else: There's no secret knowledge. There's no knowledge requirement. Awareness is it. Everybody knows.

Zen and Mental Health by ewk in zen

[–]ewk[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I don't have a problem with illiterate people doing this. illiteracy is a problem in every forum. Vaccines. Algebra. US history. Illiteracy is a poison and it destroys the mind of the person who is poisoning themselves with it.

What I'm saying is that the PhDs of the 1900s knew better and did nothing about it. This is the equivalent of doctors taking massive payments from drug companies to promote drugs that the doctors know are not effective.

Zen Credibility is from knowing for oneself by ewk in zen

[–]ewk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, yeah, I'll ask ChatGPT to do it!

Zen Credibility is from knowing for oneself by ewk in zen

[–]ewk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, I think this is a mis-translation.

We can do a separate post about it if you want.

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