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Blankness is similar to being asleep or unconscious. If that is all it takes to experience enlightenment, my job would be much easier. I would just walk behind each one of you and knock you unconscious with a big stick.
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― Song of Mind: Wisdom from the Zen Classic Xin Ming
― Song of Mind: Wisdom from the Zen Classic Xin Ming
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The Japanese word zen in fact means "meditation" or "state of meditative concentration." In Chinese, zen is pronounced chan. Chan is short for channa, which is how the CHinese pronounced dhyana, the Sanskrit word used in India for practices or rarified states of meditative concentration.
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― Zen Pathways: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of Zen Buddhism
― Zen Pathways: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of Zen Buddhism
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