Comment on Buddha orders a pizza: "Make me One with Everything"
Objection@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
Koans are designed to be given by a teacher to a student when the teacher personally assesses that the student could benefit from considering it. They’re also designed to not be comprehensible rationally or immediately, but rather to prompt introspection and to get someone to reflect on their own thought patterns. You can’t just rip them out of that context while not understanding the belief system and treat them like a riddle from Reader’s Digest and expect to get anything out of them.
I once came to understand the answer to the classic: “Show me the face you had before your parents were born.” koan. One of the most amazing experiences of my life - the golden needle penetrated the veil of my mind.
I could tell you my answer but it would seem trivial and uninteresting. The answer has to be grokked (fuck you, Elon).
…and the Lemming was enlightened
Akasazh@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I admire your knowledge of Buddhist theory.
But this is a shit post community so it’s as unserious as the most zen person in the world.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Meanwhile, the silliest zen practitioner:
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zen@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
I’m not very serious, to be fair
Akasazh@lemmy.world 3 days ago
This comment when I read it aloud made the sound of one hand clapping
Balinares@pawb.social 3 days ago
Fair, although I wouldn’t assume there is zero overlap between Zen and shitposting. Discordianism for instance is – possibly – a sort of DIY Zen shaped like a shitpost, though the jury’s still out on whether it’s just a shitpost shaped like a sort of DIY Zen.
Akasazh@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I wold call it a Zensation