Reblog: "December 04, 2018 THE ZEN REBELS: OBSCURE HERMITS AND EXISTENTIAL REFORMERS (PART 9). JAPANESE ZEN PHILOSOPHY (PART 3)" A.Glass 2018

 

"What I find so enticing of the Daruma-Daishi (Bodhidharma) doll or simply the Daruma Doll. Is the Japanese inherent ability no matter how they are perceived, as far being a country that has always stood by isolationism – to take something foreign, such as the legendary figure in Zen Buddhism, such as Bodhidharma and fuse into their own traditions the story of a fierce and determined monk from India, who as legend has it, meditated in a cave for 9 years. Understanding the literal meaning of the Lakāvatāra Sūtra, that the core aspect of enlightenment is essentially a rejection of reality and the self, whilst embracing the self and reality. The clearing of the mind and its myriad of thoughts, solving the dilemma of duality. That we are whole and separate at the same time. To attain and cross that bridge into enlightenment. To become, what the Buddhists would call the Buddha nature and returning to the original mind. As, we have seen, with Chinese Ch'an in its early stages in China, attaching to Taoism, utilizing the principles of Taoist Philosophy in the early teachings of Zen in China. And this is how Zen evolved, into incredibly detailed and rich Buddhist practice...."

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Full article:   Reblog:  "THE ZEN REBELS: OBSCURE HERMITS AND EXISTENTIAL REFORMERS (PART 9). JAPANESE ZEN PHILOSOPHY (PART 3)"  A.Glass  2018