Zen: A Way of LifeThis introduction explains and points the way to the experience of Zen, bringing heightened consciousness, spiritual fulfillment, and enlightenment. The author discusses the basic doctrine of Buddhism and the expanded principles of Mahayana Buddhism. He also examines the actual process of self-training toward the Zen experience of Reality. |
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... words which are themselves translated from a foreign language . But the seeker of Zen is not concerned with doctrines , and much less with words , save as they express and help them to achieve the Buddha's enlightenment . They are ...
... words which are themselves translated from a foreign language . But the seeker of Zen is not concerned with doctrines , and much less with words , save as they express and help them to achieve the Buddha's enlightenment . They are ...
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... words of the Buddha himself . We examine in this chapter what the Buddha has to say about the nature of the world ... word duḥkha , like its opposite sukha , is composed of two elements - duḥ + kha . In the Indian languages spoken in the ...
... words of the Buddha himself . We examine in this chapter what the Buddha has to say about the nature of the world ... word duḥkha , like its opposite sukha , is composed of two elements - duḥ + kha . In the Indian languages spoken in the ...
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... words , he did not believe that human affairs were ordained and regulated in any way by such a god . But at the same time he did not teach that the universe was a mass of random and chaotic events . Instead , he saw that there was a ...
... words , he did not believe that human affairs were ordained and regulated in any way by such a god . But at the same time he did not teach that the universe was a mass of random and chaotic events . Instead , he saw that there was a ...
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