Paradox
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Zen Buddhist Tradition - Zen, Paradoxes, and Zen
R not everything is a paradox. There are some blatant contradictions. But resting in a paradox really can shift our felt sense of being in the world. A tradition that emphasizes this is a tradition of zen buddhism, especially japanese zen. Takes enlightenment to be something that suddenly comes upon you when you intuit the limits of your understanding and feel something that goes beyond that. And so by opening us to a more surprising, bigger truth than what logic can accommodate, paradoxes also open our hearts. I'm sorry, it's a cheasy one, but ie, really nothing resting with the paradox, resting in that both and when it's appropriate.
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