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The Importance of Purity in Zen

Aynos was a Zen master who died in 715 and left five great disciples. But as things go, then these disciples had disciples - and there was a genealogy. And Zen broke into what are called five houses; some of them didn't go on. To be pure-minded in the Zen way or clear-minded is not to have no thoughts. Is not a question of not thinking about dirty things. One great master of the Tang dynasty when asked what is Buddha, believe it or not, answered a dried turd. It's not that kind of purity. In the sense that your mind isn't sticky. You don't harbor grievances. YouDon't be attached to

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