What does the modern Zen Center believe?
Many ask what exactly is Zen, in the modern western context, and what is it exactly? In this post, I
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Ecclesiastical Authority in Zen
I was listening to a podcast in which the speaker was explaining that the only difference between Protestant and Catholic
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Is Japanese Zen dead?
In a conversation with a friend of mine about Zen, he mentioned that his Japanese Zen priest associates told him
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Zen has never been brought over to the West
Only cultural Japanese Zen and cultural Chinese Ch’an have shown up here, and westerners simply made a Secret Society out
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The Japanese mind and Zen Buddhism
Zen Priest Martian Hughes gives a talk on the Japanese mind. He gives a thorough breakdown of how the Japanese see Zen and religion in general.
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