Zen master teachings better than gotama buddhas teaching?

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Sorry for the title but i read zen master teachings it actually reflect the experience of what i had and brings immediate nibbana of that particular feeling. Buddha teaching also same but zen teaching can be done by anyone with or without precepts. They also speak dynamic mind that is u be in samsara and next moment non abiding mind u ler go of all knowingness and reach a state cant describe by words and i found it true. I give more details later. Buddha teaching is my first preference as it is validated by anyone ofcourse but u emptiness is not spoken much and u need to undergo gradual training instead of sudden shift in perception. For example, i perceive emptiness and next moment i perceive samsara just by focus awareness of object to gain knowledge. This is what zen masters teach. Buddha teach it should be permanent attainnent. Once dont go to samsara after path knowledge. Im confused and i resct everyone and dhamma. Kindly help me see difference.
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Zen teachers show many of the same truths in different words. If it's good, use it.

But be careful to use your brain to understand which parts are true, and which parts may be wrong or mistaken.
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There is a lot of wisdom in zen, but there is also a lot of baggage and conceptual proliferation. What is of worth in zen you can easily find in Theravada and the Pali suttas.
“Knowing that this body is just like foam,
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
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Ceisiwr wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2020 7:01 pm There is a lot of wisdom in zen, but there is also a lot of baggage and conceptual proliferation. What is of worth in zen you can easily find in Theravada and the Pali suttas.
Bhazanghi huaihui someone really spoke of what i am looking and it illuminated me. Now i got trapoed in bare awsreness its free from mundane suffering but im worried if its non doing dhamma where i lose already earbed merit and dont stake up new. However i use conventional language in this post.
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Zen is a very grounded practice. It is not so much about the experience but about the action. You sounds a bit like somebody describing a trip. How do you live? What do you do with your day? How do you handle challenging situations? These are much more relevant than what experiences you have.
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Spend time at a theravada and zen center and see which one resonates with you the most. Both are legit.
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confusedlayman wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2020 5:51 pm Sorry for the title but i read zen master teachings it actually reflect the experience of what i had and brings immediate nibbana of that particular feeling. Buddha teaching also same but zen teaching can be done by anyone with or without precepts. They also speak dynamic mind that is u be in samsara and next moment non abiding mind u ler go of all knowingness and reach a state cant describe by words and i found it true. I give more details later. Buddha teaching is my first preference as it is validated by anyone ofcourse but u emptiness is not spoken much and u need to undergo gradual training instead of sudden shift in perception. For example, i perceive emptiness and next moment i perceive samsara just by focus awareness of object to gain knowledge. This is what zen masters teach. Buddha teach it should be permanent attainnent. Once dont go to samsara after path knowledge. Im confused and i resct everyone and dhamma. Kindly help me see difference.
Possibly you're referring to Kensho?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensh%C5%8D

In any case, Zen and Theravada are quite different approaches to Buddhism, and mixing them up will probably lead to confusion.
If you're exploring Zen, I would recommend putting Theravada ideas to one side while you're doing it.
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Today, while watching some zen painting techniques, I found this ...
  • how to unfold my True Universal Self.
Yayyy!

... In this way Zen Brush Painting is both a practice of and expression of Enlightenment. The paintings are secondary.

1. It’s Not About You
Zen Brush painting is not about your talent, knowledge or skill. It’s not about you. It is about your True Universal Self, not the separate being you think and believe you are. Let all of that go. Empty yourself of yourself. Let the universe use this empty vessel to express itself through the brush, ink and paper. Let the painting unfold by itself.
...
𝓑𝓾𝓭𝓭𝓱𝓪 𝓗𝓪𝓭 𝓤𝓷𝓮𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓿𝓸𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓓𝓮𝓬𝓵𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽
  • Iᴅᴇᴀ ᴏꜰ Sᴏᴜʟ ɪs Oᴜᴛᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴀɴ Uᴛᴛᴇʀʟʏ Fᴏᴏʟɪsʜ Vɪᴇᴡ
    V. Nanananda

𝓐𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓽ā 𝓜𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓼 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓘𝓼
  • Nᴏ sᴜᴄʜ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀs ᴀ Sᴇʟғ, Sᴏᴜʟ, Eɢᴏ, Sᴘɪʀɪᴛ, ᴏʀ Āᴛᴍᴀɴ
    V. Buddhādasa
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confusedlayman wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2020 5:51 pm Sorry for the title but i read zen master teachings it actually reflect the experience of what i had and brings immediate nibbana of that particular feeling. Buddha teaching also same but zen teaching can be done by anyone with or without precepts. They also speak dynamic mind that is u be in samsara and next moment non abiding mind u ler go of all knowingness and reach a state cant describe by words and i found it true. I give more details later. Buddha teaching is my first preference as it is validated by anyone ofcourse but u emptiness is not spoken much and u need to undergo gradual training instead of sudden shift in perception. For example, i perceive emptiness and next moment i perceive samsara just by focus awareness of object to gain knowledge. This is what zen masters teach. Buddha teach it should be permanent attainnent. Once dont go to samsara after path knowledge. Im confused and i resct everyone and dhamma. Kindly help me see difference.
Buddhas speak of void dharmas in order to destroy views, but if you are in turn attached to voidness, you are one whom Buddhas cannot transform. At the point of arising, only voidness arises. At the point of extinguishing, only voidness extinguishes. In reality there is not one dharma that arises. In reality there is not one dharma that extinguishes. All dharmas arise due to craving. Craving has neither inside nor outside, nor does it lie in beetween. Discrimination is a void dharma, but common men are broiled by it. The false and the correct have neither inner nor outer, nor do they lie in the various directions. Discrimination is a void dharma, but common men are broiled by it. All dharmas are like this.
The Dharma Body is formless. Therefore, one sees it by no-seeing. Dharma is soundless. Therefore, one hears it by no-hearing. If one takes seeing as seeing, then there is something that is not seen. If one takes no-seeing as seeing, then there is nothing that is not seen. If one takes knowing as knowing, then there is something that is not known. If one takes no-knowing as knowing, then there is nothing that is not known. Insight is capable of knowing itself, and so it is not something that has knowing, and yet, because it knows vis-à-vis things, it is not something that lacks knowing. If one takes apprehending as apprehending, there is something that is not apprehended. If one takes no-apprehending as apprehending, then there is nothing that is not apprehended. If one takes 'is' as 'is', then there will be something that 'is not'. If one takes 'having-no-is' as 'is', then there is nothing that 'is not'. One gate of insight enters one hundred thousand gates of insight. One sees a pillar characteristic and makes the interpretation pillar. Observe that mind is the pillar dharma and no pillar characteristic exists. Therefore, when one sees a pillar, it is the apprehension of a pillar dharma. The seeing of all forms is like this.
excerpt from The Bodhidharma Anthology, J. L Broughton

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SteRo wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 8:47 am
confusedlayman wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2020 5:51 pm Sorry for the title but i read zen master teachings it actually reflect the experience of what i had and brings immediate nibbana of that particular feeling. Buddha teaching also same but zen teaching can be done by anyone with or without precepts. They also speak dynamic mind that is u be in samsara and next moment non abiding mind u ler go of all knowingness and reach a state cant describe by words and i found it true. I give more details later. Buddha teaching is my first preference as it is validated by anyone ofcourse but u emptiness is not spoken much and u need to undergo gradual training instead of sudden shift in perception. For example, i perceive emptiness and next moment i perceive samsara just by focus awareness of object to gain knowledge. This is what zen masters teach. Buddha teach it should be permanent attainnent. Once dont go to samsara after path knowledge. Im confused and i resct everyone and dhamma. Kindly help me see difference.
Buddhas speak of void dharmas in order to destroy views, but if you are in turn attached to voidness, you are one whom Buddhas cannot transform. At the point of arising, only voidness arises. At the point of extinguishing, only voidness extinguishes. In reality there is not one dharma that arises. In reality there is not one dharma that extinguishes. All dharmas arise due to craving. Craving has neither inside nor outside, nor does it lie in beetween. Discrimination is a void dharma, but common men are broiled by it. The false and the correct have neither inner nor outer, nor do they lie in the various directions. Discrimination is a void dharma, but common men are broiled by it. All dharmas are like this.
The Dharma Body is formless. Therefore, one sees it by no-seeing. Dharma is soundless. Therefore, one hears it by no-hearing. If one takes seeing as seeing, then there is something that is not seen. If one takes no-seeing as seeing, then there is nothing that is not seen. If one takes knowing as knowing, then there is something that is not known. If one takes no-knowing as knowing, then there is nothing that is not known. Insight is capable of knowing itself, and so it is not something that has knowing, and yet, because it knows vis-à-vis things, it is not something that lacks knowing. If one takes apprehending as apprehending, there is something that is not apprehended. If one takes no-apprehending as apprehending, then there is nothing that is not apprehended. If one takes 'is' as 'is', then there will be something that 'is not'. If one takes 'having-no-is' as 'is', then there is nothing that 'is not'. One gate of insight enters one hundred thousand gates of insight. One sees a pillar characteristic and makes the interpretation pillar. Observe that mind is the pillar dharma and no pillar characteristic exists. Therefore, when one sees a pillar, it is the apprehension of a pillar dharma. The seeing of all forms is like this.
excerpt from The Bodhidharma Anthology, J. L Broughton

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confusedlayman wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 12:56 pm
SteRo wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 8:47 am Better?
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I don't think so. The early Zen teachings like the quoted are obsessed with emptiness. The later Zen teachings often are obsessed with "all is mind" and "true self" and thus are dangerously close to Advaita.

The Buddha's teachings are not obsessed with emptiness but teach the middle way which is appropriate because perfect emptiness and the conventional have to be integrated.
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Sabbe_Dhamma_Anatta wrote: Sat Feb 29, 2020 6:25 pm Today, while watching some zen painting techniques, I found this ...
  • how to unfold my True Universal Self.
Yayyy!

... In this way Zen Brush Painting is both a practice of and expression of Enlightenment. The paintings are secondary.

1. It’s Not About You
Zen Brush painting is not about your talent, knowledge or skill. It’s not about you. It is about your True Universal Self, not the separate being you think and believe you are. Let all of that go. Empty yourself of yourself. Let the universe use this empty vessel to express itself through the brush, ink and paper. Let the painting unfold by itself.
...
Quote sounds
more like I do whatever I want and i don't bother that other people wants could conflict with mine, more so if they want me to do something I rejoice in thoughts of being secluded and alone from others.. and post about my mental state on social media.
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SteRo wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:12 pm
confusedlayman wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 12:56 pm
SteRo wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 8:47 am Better?
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I don't think so. The early Zen teachings like the quoted are obsessed with emptiness. The later Zen teachings often are obsessed with "all is mind" and "true self" and thus are dangerously close to Advaita.

The Buddha's teachings are not obsessed with emptiness but teach the middle way which is appropriate because perfect emptiness and the conventional have to be integrated.
What is at play here, I believe, is selection bias. The texts that are often translated by the scholars are a selection made by them and influenced by a variety of factors, including selecting the most distinct, unusual and iconoclastic texts that may well be of minor relevance within the tradition itself. And then we paint a very skewed picture of what a living Zen practice is. That's one of the reasons why one does not get a proper understanding of a Buddhist tradition from books alone and why a genuine teacher is paramount.

Ven Huifeng made this point a number of times when he used to post online to counter people's misperception of Zen/Chan/Seon.
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SteRo wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:12 pm
confusedlayman wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 12:56 pm
SteRo wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 8:47 am Better?
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I don't think so. The early Zen teachings like the quoted are obsessed with emptiness. The later Zen teachings often are obsessed with "all is mind" and "true self" and thus are dangerously close to Advaita.

The Buddha's teachings are not obsessed with emptiness but teach the middle way which is appropriate because perfect emptiness and the conventional have to be integrated.
zen doesnt contradict originial teaching. when they say mind is everyting they use conventional. actually zen teach dont get addicted to emptiness. if u addicted to emptiness u still caught up in perception through right effort. dont worry both and dont think if u worry both or not or dont think of thinking this or that.
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Dan74 wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 2:28 pm
SteRo wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 1:12 pm
confusedlayman wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2020 12:56 pm

Yes
I don't think so. The early Zen teachings like the quoted are obsessed with emptiness. The later Zen teachings often are obsessed with "all is mind" and "true self" and thus are dangerously close to Advaita.

The Buddha's teachings are not obsessed with emptiness but teach the middle way which is appropriate because perfect emptiness and the conventional have to be integrated.
What is at play here, I believe, is selection bias. The texts that are often translated by the scholars are a selection made by them and influenced by a variety of factors, including selecting the most distinct, unusual and iconoclastic texts that may well be of minor relevance within the tradition itself. And then we paint a very skewed picture of what a living Zen practice is. That's one of the reasons why one does not get a proper understanding of a Buddhist tradition from books alone and why a genuine teacher is paramount.

Ven Huifeng made this point a number of times when he used to post online to counter people's misperception of Zen/Chan/Seon.
There is also the problem of judging one school through the lens of another.
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