The metaphysics of Zen Buddhism is essentially Hinduism "stripped for transport" with a little bit of Taoist humor and Native-American Coyote energy thrown in for good measure. The Zen Master gives his students the opportunity to transcend the need for metaphysics. Teachings@ (137) What Is Zen@ (9) 1. Awakening 101 - An excellent online course on the mystical experience. It begins with the premise that Enlightenment is outside the scriptures. The broad range of links available on various descriptions of "Zen" experience is very useful. 2. Is Zen A Religion? - A philosophical essay 3. Logical Meanderings between West and East. - A comparison of Aristotle, Nagarjuna and Bhaskar. 4. On Zen Language and Paradoxes - A philosophical analysis of Zen koans by John King-Farlow. 5. Religion of the Samurai: A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in Japan and China - 1913 classic book by Kaiten Nukariya. Complete online book. 6. Semantics And Zen - An essay on how the methods of General Semantics and Zen complement one another. 7. The Zen philosopher: A review article on Dogen scholarship in English - The nature and importance of Dogen's thought as representative of the philosophical structure of Zen Buddhism. 8. Truth and Zen - A comparison of the Aristotilian view of truth and Zen's view. 9. Tsung-Mi and the single word "awareness"(chih) - by Peter N. Gregory, from Philosophy East and West. 10. Zen Philosophy - A brief introduction to Zen thought. 11. Ch'an Buddhism and the Prophetic Poems of William Blake - An essay discussing the relation between William Blake's poetry and Zen.

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