ceoln reviewed Instant Zen
Pointless
5 stars
Remember that no teacher has ever spoken or written a single word of teaching!
About halfway through this book, Foyan writes:
"I will settle something for you right now: the ultimate rule is to see your own mind clearly. This is what Buddhism is, as far as I am concerned."
That's it, that's the whole thing. Every other section of this book, every other sentence, is not saying anything different.
So, why? Because, I would speculate, even though it is all the same, and all free of any content or teaching, each different series of words, like a different set of bird cries or patterings of raindrops, might be the thing that someone needs to hear to be freed, or to attain a little insight. Or to smile.
And Foyan may have been a wily expert at arranging especially effective ways of saying exactly the same empty thing.
Therefore, read …
Remember that no teacher has ever spoken or written a single word of teaching!
About halfway through this book, Foyan writes:
"I will settle something for you right now: the ultimate rule is to see your own mind clearly. This is what Buddhism is, as far as I am concerned."
That's it, that's the whole thing. Every other section of this book, every other sentence, is not saying anything different.
So, why? Because, I would speculate, even though it is all the same, and all free of any content or teaching, each different series of words, like a different set of bird cries or patterings of raindrops, might be the thing that someone needs to hear to be freed, or to attain a little insight. Or to smile.
And Foyan may have been a wily expert at arranging especially effective ways of saying exactly the same empty thing.
Therefore, read the whole thing! Why not?
Why not?
Why not?