Very good words - the simple can be so elusive. It seems that sound can help me with that - like the sound of the waves - always seems to bring me back to me. Seeing someone speak the truth is very refreshing - especially these days.
@@Octavus5 Its a Japanese word derived from a Chinese word derived from a Sanskrit word. And there is an academic consensus about its meaning which anyone can look up...you dont need me for that. Problems arise when people interpret its meaning according to their own preferences or the preferences of a teacher they are emotionally attached to...and to some extent this has happened incrementally over vast time spans and geographic distances. Small distortions are cumulative and end up becoming sacrosanct.
@@Octavus5 What is appalling is that less than one percent of people who get involved with Buddhism are actually interested in the subject...as opposed to merely being interested in cultism. Cultism being what I just described in the previous post. Inquiring into historical distortions would require an entire book...and there have been books published on the subject. A good one is called 'Pruning the Bodhi Tree' by Paul Swanson and Jamie Hubbard.
@@Teller3448 You don't have to explain historical distortions. Explain the distortion here in this video. And tell us, briefly, what is authentic buddhism and real zen. What is true zen teaching? What is the "mistake" here?
Thank you Master Bon Shim !
Thank you for your beautiful and simple, explanation. it makes so much sense. as they say the more things are complex the more simple it is.
Very good words - the simple can be so elusive. It seems that sound can help me with that - like the sound of the waves - always seems to bring me back to me. Seeing someone speak the truth is very refreshing - especially these days.
This kind of simple and straightforward teaching could help many people: practice every day for clarity.
Its appalling what passes for Zen teaching in America today...big thumbs down.
What is Zen?
@@Octavus5 Its a Japanese word derived from a Chinese word derived from a Sanskrit word. And there is an academic consensus about its meaning which anyone can look up...you dont need me for that. Problems arise when people interpret its meaning according to their own preferences or the preferences of a teacher they are emotionally attached to...and to some extent this has happened incrementally over vast time spans and geographic distances. Small distortions are cumulative and end up becoming sacrosanct.
@@Teller3448 What is appalling and what is the distortion that has cumulatively built up?
@@Octavus5 What is appalling is that less than one percent of people who get involved with Buddhism are actually interested in the subject...as opposed to merely being interested in cultism.
Cultism being what I just described in the previous post. Inquiring into historical distortions would require an entire book...and there have been books published on the subject. A good one is called 'Pruning the Bodhi Tree' by Paul Swanson and Jamie Hubbard.
@@Teller3448 You don't have to explain historical distortions. Explain the distortion here in this video. And tell us, briefly, what is authentic buddhism and real zen. What is true zen teaching? What is the "mistake" here?