1-12-25 || Zhaozhou's Nice Things We Can't Have

#Post(s) in Question

Post:  https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1i69u56/from_the_famous_cases_treasuryzhaozhous_good_thing/

The master was leaving the main hall when he saw a monk bowing to him.

The master struck him with his stick.

The monk said, "But bowing is a good thing’”

The master said. “A good thing is not as good as nothing.

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# What did we talk about?

Disagree!  Lots of disagreement.

Why is there ridicule in Zen?

Why is there bowing in Zen?  Amnesia!

Is Enlightenment earned?  What is non-causal?

 

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