Excerpt: THE ZEN REBELS: OBSCURE HERMITS AND EXISTENTIAL REFORMERS. ZISHOU MIAOZONG (PART 6) (A.Glass October 22, 2018)

 ...Zishou Miaozong, who from what little we know about her history came from a privileged background, decided to investigate  Zen and the two schools at the time, one being the Caodong and eventually settling with the Linji School.  She had already shown a remarkably insight into the self, able to question the Zen Masters as a novice with the Zen teachings.  It gives her a rawness and intensity which in turn allured a lot of the male Zen monks and masters.  Yet, she was secluded at the Dahui's Ching-san monastery.   Among other female disciples within the monastery,  Miaozong was considered the most beautiful.   She could be already, as defined by the Zen teachings of the Non-self, already enlightened - as she may have detached herself from being confined by her beauty, whilst aware of her sexual prowess...

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Authored:  A.Glass 2018

Full article: https://chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-zen-rebels-obscure-hermits-and_22.html