dropping ashes on the buddha Archives - Feelin' Good, Feelin' Great | Raise Your Vibration https://www.feelingoodfeelingreat.com/tag/dropping-ashes-on-the-buddha/ Mindfulness, Consciousness & Spiritual Growth Sat, 14 Sep 2019 00:24:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 44657764 Here’s Why You Don’t Understand Zen Poetry https://www.feelingoodfeelingreat.com/2016/07/23/heres-why-you-dont-understand-zen-poetry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-why-you-dont-understand-zen-poetry Sat, 23 Jul 2016 16:31:24 +0000 https://www.feelingoodfeelingreat.com/?p=7975 http://feeds.feedburner.com/FeelinGoodFeelinGreat

Much of Zen Buddhism is purposely paradoxical and riddled with absurdities. Its purpose is not to get you to think, but to get you to NOT THINK. The ludicrous language that often characterizes Zen poetry is designed to shatter your egoic, conceited notions of knowing, well, anything. This leaves you Read more…

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