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https://old.reddit.com/r/zensangha/comments/1pcsoxr/zen_master_buddhas_teachings_are_trash_rubbish/

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# What did we talk about?

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Read the History, Talk the History - Ep #291

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###Link to episode: www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1phgff0/zen_teachings_mexican_ingeniousness/?

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# What did we talk about? MacGyver, Red Green Show, Belgian Solutions... people from anywhere can fix things! Poverty and Zen are tied together, but also separated by education. Temporary teachings. Toilet paper: not for a temple, not for showing people, not for holding on to.

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Read the History, Talk the History, #Episode: 289

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Complete this yourself.

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Read the History, Talk the History, #288

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###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1p6gkae/zen_talking_poverty/ (that's right, a podcast about a podcast episode)

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# What did we talk about?

Barriers in Zen?
Interest in public interviews, yet fear of not knowing enough or not being general enough?
Loose assocations are a problem in religious studies... but are often corrected by public interview.
* solo thinking not connected to reality... mistakenly viewed as "independence"
A public interview as "slap in the reality"

EVERYBODY IS SOMEBODY INTERESTING
Sincerity vs fraud, exclusion, being comfortable with espousing racism/bigotry

Zen Masters ELI5 all the time.

### Fear of not knowing
A monk asked Shishuang Xingkong, "What is the meaning of the Patriarch coming from the West?"
The master answered, "Let's say there's a man in a thousand-foot well. Get him out without using any rope, and I'll answer you about the meaning of the Patriarch's coming from the West."
The monk said, "But in Hunan now there's a priest named Chang who freely explains all sorts of things to people." 2
Thereupon Xingkong summoned the novice Jizi [Yangshan Huiji]3 and said, "Get this corpse out of here."
Later Huiji asked Danyuan Yingzhen, "How would one get the man out of the well?"
Danyuan retorted, "Dolt! Blockhead! Who's in a well!?"
Huiji didn't understand, and later put the same question to Guishan Lingyou. Guishan called out, "Huiji!"
"Yes," Huiji answered.
"There, he's out of the well!" said Guishan.

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Read the History, Talk the History

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###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/famous_cases

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# What did we talk about?

Aggressiveness bad in the modern world.

Virtue essential to Christianity, Buddhism, Zazen, Yoga, etc.

Who is "good"? Sidewalks, Clean trains and buses?

Sheepy people in religion, politics, and society is the norm in West.

Killing and benefiting from death.

Robot sheep... the level below sheep... when you can't give a reason for what you say on social media.

Obedience is NOT mastery.

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Read the History, Talk the History #286

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###Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/1p5gwt7/from_the_dms_linjis_never_been/

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# What did we talk about?

What are the three vehicles? How about "obedience, compassion, and esoteric knowledge" as translations?
* https://www.termatree.com/blogs/termatree/understanding-the-three-vehicles-of-buddhism-sravayana-mahayana-and-vajrayana

weeds are a metaphor for what? Buddha planted a bunch of seeds.

A monk asked Shitou, "What is the cardial meaning of the patrairchs? Shitou said "Right in front of me is a stretch of weeds that Ive never hoed in the past thirty years." Later someone mentioned this remark to the master [Yunyan]. The master said, "The ox doesn't eat the weeds along the edge of its pen."

When exactly does Linji get upset at the lecturer monk/master?

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