What Is The Highest Good?

Last Few Posts:

What Is Spirituality?

What Do We Mean By Manifested Activity?

What Do We Mean By Zero Activity and What Do We Mean By Manifested Activity?

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-Spirituality: The set of activities intended in the pursuit of the highest good.

• Good: That which each thing aims at.

• Highest Good: That which exists for its own sake (there is nothing greater).

• Magokoro: A pure, kind, and sincere heart.

Spirituality and Religion:

• Christianity: The set of spiritual activities where the highest good is an eternal afterlife in heaven.

• Hinduism: The set of spiritual activities where the highest good is union with Brahma.

• Shinto: The set of spiritual activities where the highest good is magokoro.

The Question For Next Week: What Is Buddhism?