An Introduction to Zen Taoism and Its Precepts : First Essay

By Rosenthal, Stan

Book Id: WPLBN0000705793
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	An Introduction to Zen Taoism and Its Precepts : First Essay
Author:	Rosenthal, Stan
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Language:	English
Subject:	Religion, Buddhism, Buddhism and literature
Collections:	BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network
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Excerpt: In common with many things which are unusual, deep or complex, it is easier to say what Zen is not, rather than what it is. To many people, looking at it from the outside, Zen seems to be an introverted process in which the practitioner sits for hours, contemplating, daydreaming, or undergoing some form of self-indulgent analysis. To others, who perhaps have read something of the history of Zen, it is a philosophy for warriors to live by; whilst those who are concerned with cultural pursuits, probably interpret the information with which they are presented as meaning that Zen is for the intellectual elite.