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View submission: Is zazen truly Zen?
There have been others, including one I thought I saved but didn’t where the OP shares a screenshot of an email they received from Bielfeldt himself saying he never said any of the things ewk claimed and that he (Bielfeldt) holds Dogen in the highest regard.
The fact that ewk wasn’t banned when he first began his deranged agit-prop mission is a real shame, as evidenced by the fact that we regularly have people seriously questioning if zazen is Zen or Zen is Buddhism.
Comment by OnePoint11 at 26/01/2025 at 12:39 UTC
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Bielfeldt himself saying he never said any of the things ewk claimed
But when you get from first shock keeping some sanity, ewk has big comical potential. He for example claims that he(ewk) knows better what Bielefeldt means than Bielefeldt himself... He is serious about it.
Comment by DonumDei621 at 25/01/2025 at 06:16 UTC
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Oh wow, I didn’t know about the Bielfeldt email. That’s something. Yeah it’s interesting to me that this is allowed there. Its a very odd sub in that regard. I guess the positive is that if someone is prompted to really look based on his claims, they can find the truth and bolster their faith in their practice. But I wonder why so vehemently opposed to it, I see 10yr old posts saying the same thing. It’s like, who hurt you man?