Zen Zen Master - Why Do Zed Masters Speak in Riddles?

Zen is another good example of the implicit zen koans, the way that zen masters teach. You can't explicate enlightenment, which is why tenma s speak in riddles. The answer needs to come from inside of you, not from my words. When it comes to this work, you got to actually contemplate it and go for that intuition. All you have are just beliefs and ideas, just mental masturbation and armchair philosophy.