Question

If Zen is personal, what is the use of asking questions ?

Answer from Master Kosen

Who says that Zen is personal or is not ? For the other part of the question, only you can decide of the importance of asking a question.

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What is Zen? I am not able to stop thinking what I must or mustn't do.

Hello, I found Zen and I heard about what that is, but I do not understand. At first, I understood that it was a practice. Then I read that it was to follow or to count the breathings with your back straight. Then I understood that it was nothing special, then something very special. Now I would like to have read anything at all. We would not ...



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