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| Primary goal of zen buddhism |
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ZEN
-lead others to a direct, personal understanding of the truth
-eliminate dissatisfaction caused by selfish sense of "self" or ego
-teaching/experience assist us to become more mature, responsible, complete humans |
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ZEN
1. Impermanence: everything is in flux
-tendency to see world as static - see outcomes, things, not processes
-everything is subject to change, coexistence important
2. Selflessness: no personal self
-everything exists in interdependence, all are composites
-no unchanging self
3. Dissatisfaction: stems from aversion/attachment
-from ourselves (limited ego)
-satisfaction stems from self transformation |
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ZEN
-solution to sorrow
1. Existence of dissatisfaction
2. Craving as root of dissatisfaction
3. elimination of craving
4. Eightfold path (middle way) |
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| Existence of dissatisfaction: zen |
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ZEN
-not being able to keep forever what we love and not being able to eliminate what we hate
-understanding dissatisfaction is means to liberation
-accepting we are not good at everything |
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| Craving as root of dissatisfaction: zen |
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ZEN
-recognize satisfaction as temporary therefore unstable
-craving creates unstable frame of mind
-attachment and aversion |
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| Elimination of craving: zen |
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ZEN
-accepting the world as it is
-enjoy fulfilled desires, not lamenting unfulfilled ones |
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| Eightfold Path (the Middle Way): zen |
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ZEN
-neither sense of gratification or complete denial
ETHICAL CONDUCT
MENTAL DISCIPLINE
WISDOM |
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ZEN
-only reality = present
-NRG devoted to worry about the future is wasted |
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ZEN
-nonpermanent
-nirvana: state of mind in which cravings and desires are extinguished
-achieved through self discipline, meditation, realizing impermanence and selflessness |
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ZEN
-one group of eightfold path
ETHICAL CONDUCT
-right speech: friendly, gentle, useful words
-right action: moral, honorable, peaceful beh
-right livelihood: avoid making a living by doing harm to others |
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ZEN
-one group of eightfold path
MENTAL DISCIPLINE
-right effort: cut out unwholesome thoughts, facilitate wholesome
-right mindfulness: full awareness of actions/experiences in present
-right concentration: mental focus |
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ZEN
-one group of eightfold path
WISDOM
-right thought: selfless detachment, love
-right understanding: interconnectedness, impermanence |
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