Zen Buddhism and JD Salinger
Published on Jan 28, 2016
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Starter: What did you notice in chapter 18? How does this connect with your life? Respond with a paragraph in your journal. Journal check next week.
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What is Zen Buddhism?
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As we work through these concepts, write down the ones that stick with you--the ones that have some meaning to you.
"To keep away from all evil, cultivate good, and purify one’s mind is the advice of all Buddhas."~Pali Verse
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"Whoever destroys living beings, speaks false words, who in the world takes that which is not given to him, or goes too with another's wife, or takes distilled, fermented drinks -- whatever man indulges thus extirpates the roots of himself even here in this very world."
- Dhammapada: 246-247
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"Do not do unto others what you do not want them to do to you.
What you do not what done to yourself, do not do to others.
What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others."
- Confucius, Analects, Book 15:23
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"The thought manifests as the word;
The word manifests as the deed;
The deed develops into habit;
And the habit into character.
So, watch the thought and its ways with care
And let it spring from love
Born out of concern for all Beings.
As the shadow follows the body,
As we think, so we become."
- The Buddha, from the Dhammapada
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Affirm life; Do not kill.
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Be giving; Do not steal.
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Proceed clearly; Do not cloud the mind.
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See the perfection; Do not speak of others errors and faults.
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Realize self and other as one; Do not elevate the self and blame others
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Give generously; do not be withholding.
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Actualize harmony; Do not be angry.
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The Tenets of Zen Buddhism
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2) Everything exists according to its own nature. Our individual perceptions of worth, correctness, beauty, size and value exist inside our heads, not outside them.
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4) The self and the rest of the universe are not separate entities but one functioning whole.
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5) Man arises from nature and gets along most effectively by collaborating with nature, rather than trying to master it.
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6) There is no ego in the sense of an endlessly enduring, unchanging private soul or personality that temporarily inhabits the body.
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7) True insight does not issue from specialized knowledge, from membership in coteries, from doctrines or dogmas. It comes from the preconscious intuitions of one's whole being, from one's own code.
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8) In emptiness, forms are born. When one becomes empty of the assumptions, inferences, and judgments he has acquired over the years, he comes close to his original nature and is capable of conceiving original ideas and reacting freshly.
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9) Being a spectator while one is also a participant spoils one's performance.
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10) Security and changelessness are fabricated by the ego-dominated mind and do not exit in nature. To accept insecurity and commit oneself to the unknown
creates a relaxing faith in the universe.
11) One can live only in the present moment.
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12) Living process and words about it are not the same and should not be treated as equal in worth.
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13) When we perceive the incongruity between theories about life and what we feel intuitively to be true on the nonverbal, non-judging plane, there is nothing to do but to laugh.
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14) Zen art has this characteristic quality, that it can fuse delight in a work of visual art, knowledge of life, and personal experiences and intuitions into one
creative event.
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15) Each of us develops into a unique individual who enters into unique transactions with the world as it exists for him.
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