Question

What is the true vocation of the human beings?
What are the vocations of the animals?
How is the superiority of the ones over the others to be measured

Answer from Master Kosen

The true vocation of the human beings is to discover their true nature which is divine.
The vocation of the animals is the same except that they are not at the same level of evolution.

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"Here and now."

In Zen, it is often heard to return to the "here and now". I perceive "now" like the timless interval between two seized thoughts. The thoughts which emerge we have to only let them pass. The is spirit stripped?I have more problems with the "HERE", although it must be rewarding to be concentrated in the body, with the buttocks on the zafu. It ...

The western culture is not compatible with the Zen philosophy.

The western culture is not compatible with the Zen philosophy because we inculcate us to plan the future and besides, today, materialism is acceptable. How to change really in these conditions? In other words, it is not an illusion to think one can practice zazen correctly in these conditions?Answer: I do not think, I practise
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