The Mind-Blowing Origin of Zen Buddhism in Japan | History of Japan 81

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The origin of Zen Buddhism in Japan. What is the sound of one hand clapping?

0:00 Buddhist revolution
0:50 Eisai, Rinzai Zen Master
4:11 Dōgen, Sōtō Zen Master
5:50 WTF is Zen?
6:56 Mindf--k
8:48 Rinzai sect: We love riddles
10:43 "Stop with the damn riddles" - Sōtō Sect
11:37 What is the sound of one hand clapping?

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I may have gone a little too deep into this.


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Linfamy
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Buddhist teacher: "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"
Me: *Slaps the buddhist teacher across the face*
Buddhist teacher: "Acceptable"

rickardspaghetti
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A story that stuck with me was of a Zen student asking his teacher if dogs can achieve enlightenment, and the Zen master responds by barking. Totally pointless, but it's always been in the back of my mind.

tiadoran
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Zen is the ultimate “I’m rubber you’re glue” religion. You could be trying to make fun of it and its practitioners will be like “yes that might be dumb, but isn’t that awesome as well?”

Vendavalez
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When I once jokingly asked my kids (8-11 at that time) what's the sound of one hand clapping, they simultaneously slapped one hand against their foreheads.

I was so proud of them! 🥲

karoshi
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Last time I was this early, Lin always give me a heart

crimsonwarrior
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This is probably the best video on zen on YouTube outside of commentary by monks.

Bigboss
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This is the Best Short Video Explanation of Zen that I have seen in the last 32 years of meditating and studying Zen Buddhism. Outstanding Explanation. Simply beautiful.
*bows deeply

bartfart
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So Taoism is basically binary maths with it's duality and all, while Zen Buddhism is basically Quantum physics?

GKS
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It's clear that you did your research on Zen, including taking that inner journey & entering the gate-less gate. Congratulations. Keep up the meditation. Enlightenment is a process.

Jumpoable
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7:00 "day cannot exist without night. They are one"

I am so damn sure I suspect Zen has something deriving from Taoism

shanedoesyoutube
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Finally early to one of these, I love waiting for these ❤️

arian
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Zen sure likes making things easy, yet hard at the same time. All one has to do is try to become like an extinguished candle.

davidbrevik
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Always wondered A LOT about this. Thanks!

ramiro
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Okay but that mushroom trip was literally like taking mushrooms and saying and understanding the mysteries of the universe.

hj_lostintheinternet
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Dogen didn't say screw old Buddhsim, Dogen was old Buddhism. Soto, or Cao Dong in Chinese, placed all the emphasis on seated meditation, like Sakyamuni. He was pretty opinionated about things, but he also was a T'ien T'ai monastic, and studied under a Rinzai teacher. The form and look of Buddhism changed over the centuries, but Dogen's school stuck true to the form of practice of Sakyamuni's dharma; sitting there in pain until you become a giant know'it'all.

aurora
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So is Zen sort of the understanding that all things flow into each other as a gradient, and distinct boxes can be detrimental in understanding that gradient and the individual points on it without a warped perspective? I feel like I really got it but really didn't... but maybe that's intended?
+1 for the Zen trap

LorienInksong
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The sound of one hand clapping is “cl”. The other hand makes the “ap”.

PhryneMnesarete
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Just here to say I appreciate you including your sources in the description

enzonenation
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This is my favorite episode. This is the best you've ever fucking made.

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