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View submission: Attaining the Unattainable: "Nothing to Attain" is NOT "Do Nothing Zen"
Can we reason that there is nothing to attain, through this reasoning?
If there was an ultimate truth to be attained. This truth that explains everything, even how we refer to it and how we call it and when we ‘discover’ it is all ‘decided’ by that truth.
So our struggle and fights are all ‘empty’ of Self, and ‘full’ of the truth.
I believe the “Do Nothing Zen” is about recognizing this!
I might be very wrong, I apologize if I have accidentally stepped over the line
Comment by JundoCohen at 25/01/2025 at 03:39 UTC
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This is where the Zen teacher might say just to put all that reasoning down, and Just Sit. :-)
Then, get up and live gently.
I am not sure about describing things like you do, so maybe sit and let that cake bake a little more. Words like "it" and "explains everything" and "truth" and "decided" can get in the way, and be ... half-baked. ;-)