The Wisdom of Zen

Author: Chen Yang
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: The manifestations of ancient sages, essential mind-training methods, savor and appreciate—each paragraph opens a new page, revealing wisdom! Enjoy a moment of serenity, broaden your horizons. Zen is precisely for genuine freedom and ease. Upon reflecting on life's myriad aspects, one realizes that "the Way" is right before your eyes. Clouds gather and disperse, water flows gently—everything is spontaneous and natural. Zen's language is concise and direct, free from discrimination. For enlightenment in Zen, both ease and adversity are welcome. Thus, we blend into life's ups and downs, achieving an extraordinary perspective. Humor, approaching the character of Zen, then why not grasp the essence of Zen in a shared smile?
Zen is fundamentally extremely simple. As long as you let go of conceptual distinctions, distance yourself from value judgments, and free yourself from attachment to gains and losses, you can simply point to things as they are, penetrate the inherent nature of reality, and thus realize the mind and see the true self. Everything is like a hollow flower or moon in water—unattainable and ungraspable. No clinging, no striving, no action—returning to one's original simplicity and the tranquil peace of the heart is effortless. As long as we are willing to let go, enlightenment is merely a matter of right conduct.