The whole of the Western intelligentsia has become immensely interested in Zen, but their interest remains intellectual. They have written great books, and we will be discussing in this manifesto almost everyone who has written books on Zen.
My effort is to make you really clear that all these intellectuals may have written very beautiful books... I appreciate their scholarship, I appreciate their articulateness of expression, but they are not men of Zen, to say nothing of masters of Zen. Hence this manifesto is absolutely needed to make the whole world clear that Zen is not a mind affair. It is a no-mind space.
I told you that all the religions are saying, "Drop the ego." Zen goes beyond the ego and beyond the self. Except Zen, no religion has come to the point of going beyond the self, beyond the at man, beyond your spirit, beyond your individuality. It is absolutely a single man's contribution to human consciousness – Gautam the Buddha's.
Zen is the ultimate flowering...
Publisher: Rebel
ISBN: 978-81-7261-213-9
Price: Rs. 500
My effort is to make you really clear that all these intellectuals may have written very beautiful books... I appreciate their scholarship, I appreciate their articulateness of expression, but they are not men of Zen, to say nothing of masters of Zen. Hence this manifesto is absolutely needed to make the whole world clear that Zen is not a mind affair. It is a no-mind space.
I told you that all the religions are saying, "Drop the ego." Zen goes beyond the ego and beyond the self. Except Zen, no religion has come to the point of going beyond the self, beyond the at man, beyond your spirit, beyond your individuality. It is absolutely a single man's contribution to human consciousness – Gautam the Buddha's.
Zen is the ultimate flowering...
Publisher: Rebel
ISBN: 978-81-7261-213-9
Price: Rs. 500
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