Is Zen Buddhist Daoism?
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The episode explores the relationship between Zen Buddhism and Daoism, questioning whether Zen is a form of Buddhism influenced by Daoism or vice versa.
Zen is an amalgamation of Buddhism and Daoism. But which way around: is it a Buddhism with a Daoist inflection, or a Daoism reinventing itself through a Buddhist lens? The question is practical. Zen can be sparse on how zazen translates into everyday life, as if appropriate action would simply fall into place once we sit hard enough. The Daoist stories have more to say. In the Zhuangzi, a cook's blade stays sharp for nineteen years because it follows the inherent structure of the ox; a swimme...
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