Hey, looks like you're right.
[YODA] Very wise this googlism is. [/YODA] --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Matthew Ruten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sounds like a 'googlism'... see http://www.googlism.com/ > > interesting though! > > On 1/23/06, dkotschessa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On a usenet forum, the timeless question "What is Zen" was asked. > > This is the best reply to the answer I'd ever seen. I don't know if > > they stole it, made it up, or what. Anyway, thought I'd share it. > > > > > > Zen is... > > > > > > a small cushion. > > > > a bottomless abyss. > > > > a kind of revolution. > > > > a long term project. > > > > a complete waste of time. > > > > a growing religion. > > > > is a special transmission outside the scriptures. > > > > a way of life and not solely a... > > > > a kind of mental process. > > > > a subject extremely easy to misunderstand. > > > > a reference to the Japanese teaching that the only way of achieving > > pure enlightenment is to exclude everything else. > > > > a rare gem. > > > > a way of looking and confronting events, circumstances and life. > > > > a transliteration of the chinese word ch'an or ch'anna... > > > > a sect or order of buddhism. > > > > zen is appearing > > > > zen is zazen > > > > zen is like sex > > > > zen is a way of life > > > > zen is understanding yourself > > > > zen is not asceticism > > > > zen is suing the police/govt > > > > zen is this > > > > zen is not for everyone > > > > zen is humor > > > > zen is with you > > > > zen is zen > > > > zen is an electronic repository of the history of the... > > > > zen is nothing other than the return to the normal condition of body > > and mind > > > > zen is not a religion in the ordinary sense > > > > zen is enlightenment > > > > zen is bound to eliminate sickness of a psychosomatic nature and > > to improve the health generally > > > > zen is the realization of the buddha's enlightenment itself > > > > zen is boring > > > > zen is punk > > > > zen is without actually going through the training > > > > zen is keeping don't > > > > zen is the mystical branch of mahayana buddhism > > > > zen is a practice that helps every human > > > > zen is not asceticism > > > > zen is beyond religion > > > > zen is not wasted > > > > zen is an approach to awareness > > > > zen is one of them > > > > zen is due to a lack > > > > zen is difficult > > > > zen is beyond words > > > > zen is out of power > > > > zen is more of an attitude than a belief > > > > zen is thus a unique blend of the philosophies and idiosyncrasies > > of three different cultures > > > > zen is simply the direct way of awakening > > > > zen is a japanese thing > > > > zen is neither buddhist nor taoist and yet both > > > > zen is one of the longest established practices > > > > zen is indeed the religion of the samurai warrior > > > > zen is the school of buddhism which emphasizes the religious > > practice of meditation > > > > zen is not wisdom > > > > zen is stinky > > > > zen is to come in touch with the inner workings of our being > > > > zen is to bring one into union with life itself > > > > zen is attempting to understand the meaning of life directly > > > > zen is not a better way > > > > zen is a faith of creative experience > > > > zen is a network of spiritual centers > > > > zen is a synthesis of indian buddhism and chinese taoism > > > > zen is the peculiarly chinese way of accomplishing the buddhist > > goal of seeing the world just as it is > > > > zen is transmitted outside of words > > > > zen is great for the bikers > > > > zen is what zen is not and thus always zen will be understood > > > > zen is one of the best selling cars of the suzuki family > > > > zen is very simple > > > > zen is the natural evolution of zen from its japanese cultural > > form to a universal teaching > > > > zen is to be awakened in every thought and deed > > > > zen is about finding yourself > > > > zen is about the art of being human zen is about recognizing > > what is zen is about naturalness > > > > zen is all about enjoying your cigarettes > > > > zen is like a meditation in and unto itself > > > > zen is still writing just not much right now > > > > zen is me > > > > zen is about finding your true self > > > > zen is the only > > > > zen is not to understand it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > > reading! 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