Phil yip's Blog – May 2009 Archive (2)

ZEN AND FINDING LOVE HOW TO DISCERN THE MONKEY BRAIN OF MEN



Chapter one.



Preface:

Love Herding



In the pasture of this world

I endlessly push aside my deep soul instinct

Encountering myriad obstacle I push aside the common sense

In search of true love

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Following my own rivers,

lost upon the chaotic mind voices and fantasy

I seek the distant mountain of love,

My strength… Continue

What is the Zen master talking about?

by Stewart W. Holmes

ETC: A Review of General Semantics

Vol. 50 Issue 2 Summer.1993

Pp.157%164

Intend in the following to make sense of Zen non_sense. Fundamental Zen

terms like "naturalness" and "emptiness" and "nothingness" are used in

disregard of the COIK principle: Clear Only If Known. For example, Shunryu

Suzuki, a Zen master, said, "It is absolutely… Continue