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Podcast: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831
Bibliography: www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted
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What is likability and do you want it?
Is illiteracy the biggest red flag for pseudo Sangha?
What is likability and do you want it?
Is illiteracy the biggest red flag for pseudo Sangha?
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December 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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What is likability and do you want it?
Is illiteracy the biggest red flag for pseudo Sangha?
What is likability and do you want it?
Is illiteracy the biggest red flag for pseudo Sangha?
These are not controversial statements within Zen scholarship:
Zen came before Buddhism
Zen isnthe original Buddha teaching
Zen has no 4nT-8fP.
Zen has no meditation enlightment or Zazen prayer.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/qI11...
Zen came before Buddhism
Zen isnthe original Buddha teaching
Zen has no 4nT-8fP.
Zen has no meditation enlightment or Zazen prayer.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/qI11...
Reddit - The heart of the internet
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December 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
These are not controversial statements within Zen scholarship:
Zen came before Buddhism
Zen isnthe original Buddha teaching
Zen has no 4nT-8fP.
Zen has no meditation enlightment or Zazen prayer.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/qI11...
Zen came before Buddhism
Zen isnthe original Buddha teaching
Zen has no 4nT-8fP.
Zen has no meditation enlightment or Zazen prayer.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/qI11...
1. Defining compassion (Huangbo)
2. Defining what it means to help others (work)
3. Defining how empathy is expressed (precepts)
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12...
Why has Zen culture produced more records with more compassion than Christians or Buddhists or Muslims?
2. Defining what it means to help others (work)
3. Defining how empathy is expressed (precepts)
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12...
Why has Zen culture produced more records with more compassion than Christians or Buddhists or Muslims?
Feeling happier starts with kindness: Compassion tied to higher life satisfaction
People who treat others with compassion often feel more at ease themselves. This is the key finding of a new study by Majlinda Zhuniq, Dr. Friedericke Winter, and Professor Corina Aguilar-Raab from the University of Mannheim. Their study was recently published in the journal Scientific Reports.
medicalxpress.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
1. Defining compassion (Huangbo)
2. Defining what it means to help others (work)
3. Defining how empathy is expressed (precepts)
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12...
Why has Zen culture produced more records with more compassion than Christians or Buddhists or Muslims?
2. Defining what it means to help others (work)
3. Defining how empathy is expressed (precepts)
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12...
Why has Zen culture produced more records with more compassion than Christians or Buddhists or Muslims?
I'm wondering if the press as an institution and reporters as individuals realize how well treated they were under Biden?
The professionalism and the respect that they experienced is completely evaporated and I wonder if they're questioning their own attitudes during his presidency.
The professionalism and the respect that they experienced is completely evaporated and I wonder if they're questioning their own attitudes during his presidency.
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I'm wondering if the press as an institution and reporters as individuals realize how well treated they were under Biden?
The professionalism and the respect that they experienced is completely evaporated and I wonder if they're questioning their own attitudes during his presidency.
The professionalism and the respect that they experienced is completely evaporated and I wonder if they're questioning their own attitudes during his presidency.
I explain to people how the indian-Chinese tradition of Zen is not Japanese, not meditation, not Buddhist.
Searching for people who might need to hear that, I get controversy about a social media person named "Zen" dog whistle woke something.
Whatever it is I need to be doing more of that.
Searching for people who might need to hear that, I get controversy about a social media person named "Zen" dog whistle woke something.
Whatever it is I need to be doing more of that.
December 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I explain to people how the indian-Chinese tradition of Zen is not Japanese, not meditation, not Buddhist.
Searching for people who might need to hear that, I get controversy about a social media person named "Zen" dog whistle woke something.
Whatever it is I need to be doing more of that.
Searching for people who might need to hear that, I get controversy about a social media person named "Zen" dog whistle woke something.
Whatever it is I need to be doing more of that.
Translators and academics who had profited personally and professionally were reluctant to face facts and the result was stagnation in Zen scholarship.
Despite Zen being far more historical and far more interesting to the public, 100 years later there is no degree in Zen anywhere in the world.
Despite Zen being far more historical and far more interesting to the public, 100 years later there is no degree in Zen anywhere in the world.
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Translators and academics who had profited personally and professionally were reluctant to face facts and the result was stagnation in Zen scholarship.
Despite Zen being far more historical and far more interesting to the public, 100 years later there is no degree in Zen anywhere in the world.
Despite Zen being far more historical and far more interesting to the public, 100 years later there is no degree in Zen anywhere in the world.
By the end of the 1900s it was clear that Shunryu Beginner's Mind and Thich Hahn Mindfulness and Kapleau 4 Pillars had promoted an indigenous Japanese religion, knowingly misrepresenting the Indian-Chinese tradition of Zen.
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
By the end of the 1900s it was clear that Shunryu Beginner's Mind and Thich Hahn Mindfulness and Kapleau 4 Pillars had promoted an indigenous Japanese religion, knowingly misrepresenting the Indian-Chinese tradition of Zen.
The biggest misunderstanding about Zen is that koans are histroical transcripts, not riddles or paradoxes.
Studying koans helps people understand how aggressively Zen is opposed to Buddhism, to meditation, to philosophy, to the performative.
Not just that, but WHY Zen is against those things.
Studying koans helps people understand how aggressively Zen is opposed to Buddhism, to meditation, to philosophy, to the performative.
Not just that, but WHY Zen is against those things.
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The biggest misunderstanding about Zen is that koans are histroical transcripts, not riddles or paradoxes.
Studying koans helps people understand how aggressively Zen is opposed to Buddhism, to meditation, to philosophy, to the performative.
Not just that, but WHY Zen is against those things.
Studying koans helps people understand how aggressively Zen is opposed to Buddhism, to meditation, to philosophy, to the performative.
Not just that, but WHY Zen is against those things.
How do you miss a moon?
Because it is practically invisible, it is in the worst place for someone to see it, right between Uranus’s rings, moving fast and reflecting very little light, so it was normal that Voyager 2, which we cannot forget was the queen of the 80s...
unionrayo.com/en/astronome...
Because it is practically invisible, it is in the worst place for someone to see it, right between Uranus’s rings, moving fast and reflecting very little light, so it was normal that Voyager 2, which we cannot forget was the queen of the 80s...
unionrayo.com/en/astronome...
Goodbye to the idea of a fully known Solar System—astronomers announce the discovery of a new moon that redefines our space maps
Sometimes it seems that we have already seen everything in the Solar System and that after decades of telescopes, probes and missions, anything that could
unionrayo.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
How do you miss a moon?
Because it is practically invisible, it is in the worst place for someone to see it, right between Uranus’s rings, moving fast and reflecting very little light, so it was normal that Voyager 2, which we cannot forget was the queen of the 80s...
unionrayo.com/en/astronome...
Because it is practically invisible, it is in the worst place for someone to see it, right between Uranus’s rings, moving fast and reflecting very little light, so it was normal that Voyager 2, which we cannot forget was the queen of the 80s...
unionrayo.com/en/astronome...
youtu.be/o4I_hOz_MLw
"Go to the original source"
This was how Zen meditation and Zen Buddhism and zazen were all debunked.
There's a thousand years of Zen historical records and there is NO Buddhism, NO Meditation, and no Zazen enlightenment gate.
Not Ever in 1,000 years.
"Go to the original source"
This was how Zen meditation and Zen Buddhism and zazen were all debunked.
There's a thousand years of Zen historical records and there is NO Buddhism, NO Meditation, and no Zazen enlightenment gate.
Not Ever in 1,000 years.
How to Tell What’s Real Online
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December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
youtu.be/o4I_hOz_MLw
"Go to the original source"
This was how Zen meditation and Zen Buddhism and zazen were all debunked.
There's a thousand years of Zen historical records and there is NO Buddhism, NO Meditation, and no Zazen enlightenment gate.
Not Ever in 1,000 years.
"Go to the original source"
This was how Zen meditation and Zen Buddhism and zazen were all debunked.
There's a thousand years of Zen historical records and there is NO Buddhism, NO Meditation, and no Zazen enlightenment gate.
Not Ever in 1,000 years.
Fun Science studies:
1. Cats meow louder at men
2. Fewer meals = more fatty liver
3. Golden Oyster Mushrooms are invasive
4. Evidence of sugar on astroids
1. Cats meow louder at men
2. Fewer meals = more fatty liver
3. Golden Oyster Mushrooms are invasive
4. Evidence of sugar on astroids
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Fun Science studies:
1. Cats meow louder at men
2. Fewer meals = more fatty liver
3. Golden Oyster Mushrooms are invasive
4. Evidence of sugar on astroids
1. Cats meow louder at men
2. Fewer meals = more fatty liver
3. Golden Oyster Mushrooms are invasive
4. Evidence of sugar on astroids
youtu.be/twdgxIJZDns
We're seeing a decline in freedom of speech right now, but that's really just the tip of the freedom decline iceberg.
They don't come for your guns first.
They come for your economic choices.
We're seeing a decline in freedom of speech right now, but that's really just the tip of the freedom decline iceberg.
They don't come for your guns first.
They come for your economic choices.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
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December 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
youtu.be/twdgxIJZDns
We're seeing a decline in freedom of speech right now, but that's really just the tip of the freedom decline iceberg.
They don't come for your guns first.
They come for your economic choices.
We're seeing a decline in freedom of speech right now, but that's really just the tip of the freedom decline iceberg.
They don't come for your guns first.
They come for your economic choices.
Catching up on Only Murders...
So that's why cats are following me.
So that's why cats are following me.
December 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Catching up on Only Murders...
So that's why cats are following me.
So that's why cats are following me.
youtu.be/I8l1uSb0LZg
"The last consumer privacy protection law in the US was in 1988... Making it illegal for video store clerks to disclose your VHS rentals."
Whose fault is this??
Voters.
"The last consumer privacy protection law in the US was in 1988... Making it illegal for video store clerks to disclose your VHS rentals."
Whose fault is this??
Voters.
The “Ensh*ttification” of the Internet and How to Fix It | Amanpour and Company
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December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
youtu.be/I8l1uSb0LZg
"The last consumer privacy protection law in the US was in 1988... Making it illegal for video store clerks to disclose your VHS rentals."
Whose fault is this??
Voters.
"The last consumer privacy protection law in the US was in 1988... Making it illegal for video store clerks to disclose your VHS rentals."
Whose fault is this??
Voters.
Zen really doesn't like Buddhism... But when Buddhists do the translating of send texts guess what?
Buddhists misrepresent those parts.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/oTCX...
Buddhists misrepresent those parts.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/oTCX...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Zen really doesn't like Buddhism... But when Buddhists do the translating of send texts guess what?
Buddhists misrepresent those parts.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/oTCX...
Buddhists misrepresent those parts.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/oTCX...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
What those people actually mean is that there is no education for its own sake. There's just education for your career. And that's called trade school, not education.
What those people actually mean is that there is no education for its own sake. There's just education for your career. And that's called trade school, not education.
Poll: In a dramatic shift, Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost
The latest NBC News poll shows two-thirds of registered voters down on the value proposition of a degree. A majority said degrees were worth the cost a dozen years ago.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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What those people actually mean is that there is no education for its own sake. There's just education for your career. And that's called trade school, not education.
What those people actually mean is that there is no education for its own sake. There's just education for your career. And that's called trade school, not education.
The point to Christianity, Buddhism, Japanese Zazen and Mormonism is shelter from doubt.
Zen focuses on doubts... Because trusting your instincts is the start of public interview.
Explaining koans encourages doubt. Japanese religions pretend koans are paradox to hide from doubt.
Zen focuses on doubts... Because trusting your instincts is the start of public interview.
Explaining koans encourages doubt. Japanese religions pretend koans are paradox to hide from doubt.
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The point to Christianity, Buddhism, Japanese Zazen and Mormonism is shelter from doubt.
Zen focuses on doubts... Because trusting your instincts is the start of public interview.
Explaining koans encourages doubt. Japanese religions pretend koans are paradox to hide from doubt.
Zen focuses on doubts... Because trusting your instincts is the start of public interview.
Explaining koans encourages doubt. Japanese religions pretend koans are paradox to hide from doubt.
People who can't quote Zen Masters but talk about Zen are seriously deluded.
Nobody is going to read any of these Boomer Messiahs like Thich Hahn or Alan Watts or Shunryu Beginners Mind in 1,000 years... We are still reading Zen (like Gateless's Gate) 1,000 years later.
Nobody is going to read any of these Boomer Messiahs like Thich Hahn or Alan Watts or Shunryu Beginners Mind in 1,000 years... We are still reading Zen (like Gateless's Gate) 1,000 years later.
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
People who can't quote Zen Masters but talk about Zen are seriously deluded.
Nobody is going to read any of these Boomer Messiahs like Thich Hahn or Alan Watts or Shunryu Beginners Mind in 1,000 years... We are still reading Zen (like Gateless's Gate) 1,000 years later.
Nobody is going to read any of these Boomer Messiahs like Thich Hahn or Alan Watts or Shunryu Beginners Mind in 1,000 years... We are still reading Zen (like Gateless's Gate) 1,000 years later.
Why is then incompatible with religion including Buddhism and Christianity and taoism??
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/CdI2...
Zen isn't about having faith or discovering something.
It's about taking things away to see what's underneath.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/CdI2...
Zen isn't about having faith or discovering something.
It's about taking things away to see what's underneath.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Why is then incompatible with religion including Buddhism and Christianity and taoism??
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/CdI2...
Zen isn't about having faith or discovering something.
It's about taking things away to see what's underneath.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/CdI2...
Zen isn't about having faith or discovering something.
It's about taking things away to see what's underneath.
I talk about Zen culture because I've been studying it for more than 20 years. One thing I say is that Zen is based on different ideas and norms and a different approach to language, to how language is used.
youtu.be/WHHGOYu6Fl0
Here's another different approach to language, to how it is spoken!
youtu.be/WHHGOYu6Fl0
Here's another different approach to language, to how it is spoken!
Incredible Zulu click language - The ultimate tongue twister.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I talk about Zen culture because I've been studying it for more than 20 years. One thing I say is that Zen is based on different ideas and norms and a different approach to language, to how language is used.
youtu.be/WHHGOYu6Fl0
Here's another different approach to language, to how it is spoken!
youtu.be/WHHGOYu6Fl0
Here's another different approach to language, to how it is spoken!
It's not that AI has challenged Academia or corrupted it.
It's corporations.
Corporations control more data than the average person realizes and more computing power than they average person realizes.
Corporations dominate data and computer power like the rich dominate political contributions.
It's corporations.
Corporations control more data than the average person realizes and more computing power than they average person realizes.
Corporations dominate data and computer power like the rich dominate political contributions.
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It's not that AI has challenged Academia or corrupted it.
It's corporations.
Corporations control more data than the average person realizes and more computing power than they average person realizes.
Corporations dominate data and computer power like the rich dominate political contributions.
It's corporations.
Corporations control more data than the average person realizes and more computing power than they average person realizes.
Corporations dominate data and computer power like the rich dominate political contributions.
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Why do people believe AI can do things that AI can't do? People are falling for AI scams all the time now but why?
Why do people believe that AI is competing against people who use rocks and sticks instead of what's actually happening: AI vs AI+people?
Why do people believe AI can do things that AI can't do? People are falling for AI scams all the time now but why?
Why do people believe that AI is competing against people who use rocks and sticks instead of what's actually happening: AI vs AI+people?
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
music.youtube.com/watch
Why do people believe AI can do things that AI can't do? People are falling for AI scams all the time now but why?
Why do people believe that AI is competing against people who use rocks and sticks instead of what's actually happening: AI vs AI+people?
Why do people believe AI can do things that AI can't do? People are falling for AI scams all the time now but why?
Why do people believe that AI is competing against people who use rocks and sticks instead of what's actually happening: AI vs AI+people?
What do people get to argue about and stand up for??
It's an interesting question.
Especially when it's not something that's mainstream.
It's an interesting question.
Especially when it's not something that's mainstream.
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
What do people get to argue about and stand up for??
It's an interesting question.
Especially when it's not something that's mainstream.
It's an interesting question.
Especially when it's not something that's mainstream.
One dispute on social media is how much ignorant misuse of "Zen" is okay?
Well, how much is okay about other minorities? Why isn't there a common standard?
Well, how much is okay about other minorities? Why isn't there a common standard?
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
One dispute on social media is how much ignorant misuse of "Zen" is okay?
Well, how much is okay about other minorities? Why isn't there a common standard?
Well, how much is okay about other minorities? Why isn't there a common standard?