dark zen

Otomo November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 4 Comments buddhism, dark zen, japan, japanese, zen

Ecclesiastical Authority in Zen

I was listening to a podcast in which the speaker was explaining that the only difference between Protestant and Catholic

My Zen Path Story Zen Talk

Otomo April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 dark zen, LARPing, Tassajara, TIbetan, Vajrapani

My Zen Path Story Part 3: Vajrapani

PediCab Driver – 1994 After returning to the Dharma Rain Zen Center from Tassajara as a ‘failed monk’, and being

Dark Zen

Otomo March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 dark zen, zenmar

What is Mystical Zen Buddhism?

Dark Zen is synonymous with mystical Zen. It is the highest truth of Zen which is transmitted by means of Mind’s self-awakening. Here you are in complete unity with true nature of Mind itself. In the time span of a single thought, you complete the stages of a Bodhisattva and enter the lineage of the Buddhas, going back to the first Buddha. Without a doubt, you recognize that all phenomena are continent on Mind’s bright vivifying nature

Zen Talk

Otomo March 14, 2021March 17, 2021 dark zen, linji, rinzai, zenmar, zennist

Dark Zen is a criticism of Modern Zen, where it challenges the Western Zen students to look deeper at the philosophy and teachings of Zen, and transcend the cultural appropriation that all too many Zen Centers apparently are stuck on.