emic-and-etic comments on Zen and the Art of Rationality - Less Wrong

27 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 December 2007 04:36AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 13 June 2014 08:40:51AM -1 points [-]

Agreed, no one would mistake your writings for ancient Eastern wisdom.

"You should therefore cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words and following after speech, and learn the backward step that turns your light inwardly to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face will be manifest."

Fukanzazengi (Universal Recommendations for Zazen)

Zen Master Dogen 1200-1253

51st Patriarch