Comment by JohnnyBlocks_ on 17/02/2025 at 13:15 UTC

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View submission: Conflicted about Zen Buddhism in general

"I seem to find that buddhists (including zen), are on a quest to come up with the most detailed analyses on how and why existence and the world is a cursed shithole we need to escape ASAP."

In my training I find sort of the opposite. There is no escape. Engagement is important with your community (as in locality). We know why it is a cursed shithole... it is because people are living in their own delusions.

I feel it focuses on taking your practice off of the cushion and not really trying to define why things are... they just are.

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