Zen Is Optimism!
Reconciling Zero
What Do We Mean By Manifested Activity?
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What Do We Mean By Manifested Activity?

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Terms In The Audio:

  • Zero: The fundamental teaching of the late Zen master Joshu Sasaki: “As the Buddha taught, zero inevitably splits into mutually opposing activities which inevitably disappear into zero.”

  • Reconciling Zero: The investigation of Zero in the pursuit of Effective Zen.

  • Effective Zen: The one path on Zen Mountain that gives any one individual the best chance of reaching the peak (realizing non-duality).

  • Zen Mountain: The collection of all possible Zen paths.

  • Manifested-Activity: The activity arising from Zero-Activity, comprising two fundamental activities - plus and minus - which eventually and inevitably negate each other, resulting in the return to Zero-Activity.

  • Zero-Activity: The confluence of preconditions that naturally give rise to a Manifested-Activity.

The Example of Self:

Zero-Self - the confluence of the preconditions of the Five Aggregates (form, consciousness, perceptions, feelings, and volition)

Manifested-Self - the product of a plus activity that asserts “I am this” and a minus activity that asserts “I am not this”

The Question For Next Week: What Is Spirituality?

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