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View submission: Is zazen truly Zen?
Oh, somebody has been over to r/zen! Ewk and company make things up. For example, Ewk likes to claim that Prof. Bielefeldt wrote that Dogen plagiarized a Chinese meditation manual AND Dogen invented his own thing (I am not sure how one can do both.) So, I wrote Prof. Bielefeldt, who answered that he did not say that, and I posted it to Ewk on r/zen. They promptly deleted the comment from Prof. Bielefeldt. So, that should answer your question about opinions expressed there. It is a strange place filled with all kinds of misinformation from that Ewk fellow and a handful of his followers.
Yes, Zazen is the centerpoint of our practice, although not the end, nor the beginning.
Comment by DonumDei621 at 25/01/2025 at 06:20 UTC
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Ok that explains a lot. Thank you for this reply! Why is this guy so obsessively opposed to Dogen I wonder. I recently joined that subreddit and I felt something was “off” with some members and wondered why these behaviors would be allowed. I appreciate your input 🙏🏼