All 4 Uses of
Buddhism
in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- He became aware that the doctrinal differences among Hinduism and Buddhism and Taoism are not anywhere near as important as doctrinal differences among Christianity and Islam and Judaism.†
Part 2 *Buddhism = the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering and that suffering ceases when desire ceases
- After all, it's exactly this stuckness that Zen Buddhists go to so much trouble to induce; through koans, deep breathing, sitting still and the like.†
Part 3Buddhists = people who believe in the teaching of Buddha -- that life is permeated with suffering and that suffering ceases when desire ceases
- Zen Buddhists talk about "just sitting," a meditative practice in which the idea of a duality of self and object does not dominate one's consciousness.†
Part 3
- Yet in the center of all this boredom is the very thing Zen Buddhism seeks to teach.†
Part 3Buddhism = the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering and that suffering ceases when desire ceases
Definition:
the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that suffering and rebirth end when enlightenment is obtained through right conduct, wisdom and meditation