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Zen and Religion

Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)

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Zen Buddhism, Beyond Words and Letters

There are other ways of looking at religion and if we say religion is the belief that there's something more than the limited way that we think about our lives, then I have no problem with saying Zen is religion. It's really finding a way beyond words and concepts. Many of you have heard these words, a special transmission beyond the scriptures or beyond the sutras. No dependency on words and letters pointing directly to the human mind,. seeing into one's nature and attaining Buddhahood. For teaching beyond words and letters, Zen is probably produced more writing than any other school of Buddhism.

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