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Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works

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Anon studies Buddhism (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] thirtyfold8625@thebrainbin.org 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

There are things that cannot be communicated by reading alone.

Zen is said to be based on a "special transmission outside scriptures"

I suspect that actually looking at someone (preferably while you're together in the same room) lets you understand things better.

[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago

The Dao that can be told is not the eternal Dao.

Spiritual practices are experiential; you aren't meant to just hear them, you are meant to practice them and be enlightened through lived understanding.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

yeah a lot of Buddhist proverbs and koans are about getting us to think LESS

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago

And when they hit you with the real stick it really hurts