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3) Can we practice while still having social and human experiences?

Master Kosen – Published on April 1 – daily-life

Question

“Thinking is bad; Zen teaches you not to think; experience nonthinking.” What do you think of that?





Anonymous

Master Kosen’s answer

Through nonthinking, we can understand the true nature of thought and free ourselves from our dependence on it; but no master has ever declared that thought was bad.

Kosen


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