Saturday, May 25, 2013

"Zen" "has" no morals?

Via NellaLou, and Wonderwheel, I am informed of yet another critique of Zen Buddhism based on the behavior of Eido Shimano and one Klaus Zernickow. My first reaction though was basically a consideration of what it might possibly mean that "Zen" "has" no morals: does the universe have morals? des a dog have Buddha-nature?

Missim the m the discussion overall, I feel (though NellaLou and Wonderwheel go in the direction) is that the sangha has a responsibilityto act to see that no one is harmed (and in fact, much, much more than that - to see that the suffering of all beings is transcended). That's your "morality" of "Zen" right there.

Wonderwheel writes of the critique, by one Christopher Hammacher:

In Section 4, Hammacher suggests six potential causes leading to the phenomenon
... [via Notes In Samsara]