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Bezotcovschina wrote (edited )

I think bottom-left quadrant needs a bit more of self-irony

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ziq OP wrote (edited )

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lettuceLeafer wrote

You are a zenarchist? Like zen itself or do you mean some other kinda philosophical thought ? I'm curious what you describing yourself as zenarchist means.

https://old.reddit.com/r/COMPLETEANARCHY/comments/xrc0vu/anarchy_is_a_rainbow_of_delicious_flavors/iqe7psk/

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ziq OP wrote

Never be misled by others. Whether you're facing inward or facing outward, whatever you meet up with, just kill it! If you meet a buddha, kill the buddha. If you meet a patriarch, kill the patriarch. If you meet an arhat, kill the arhat. If you meet your parents, kill your parents. If you meet your kinfolk, kill your kinfolk. Then for the first time you will gain emancipation, will not be entangled with things, will pass freely anywhere you wish to go. -Linji Yixuan


The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on earth -Linji Yixuan


When it's time to get dressed, put on your clothes. When you must walk, then walk. When you must sit, then sit. Just be your ordinary self in ordinary life, unconcerned in seeking for Buddhahood. When you're tired, lie down. The fool will laugh at you but the wise man will understand. -Linji Yixuan


Those who are nothing particular are noble people. Don't strive - just be ordinary. -Linji Yixuan


Be a master everywhere and wherever you stand is your true place. -Linji Yixuan


When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean. -Linji Yixuan


The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face. -Linji Yixuan

What's not to love?

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lettuceLeafer wrote

I think zen has a lot of good elements especially the anarchust kind, but I think taoist just does all the good parts of Zen without all the bad parts of it being heavily based on Buddhism.

Zen as a whole has a lot of rules that is more about being a follower and idol worship and authoritarian stuff and following riligious scripture to skip over. So I think a lot of cool fables and lessons can be learned from zen but as a whole I dislike it.

But I think it's cool u like zen. I was mostly surprised since I never noticed you talking about it. I only added a critique because u asked me what's not to love. Otherwise I would have just replied "cool I'm glad u like it"..

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ziq OP wrote

Everything I like about zen was in those quotes I posted. I don't care about religion.

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lettuceLeafer wrote

Yeah I assumed that.

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ziq OP wrote

Was just padding the list a bit so they don't accuse the meme of being biased and thus sectarian and try to use that to force the mod to censor it like they did yesterday

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