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“Student: Master, you told me that when you look outside, sometimes you see outside, sometimes you see inside! I thought about this a lot but I didn't understand anything! Master: If you have problems in your mind when you look outside, you will see your own problems, your own inside, not outside! The outer world truly appears before you only when your inner world is at peace!”

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mehmet Murat Ildan is a renowned Turkish writer born on May 16, 1965. His works span various literary forms including novels, essays, and poetry, and have gained widespread popularity among readers. more

“Student: Master, who should I be angry with if the door is closed? The one who closes the door or the door itself, because if there was no door, there would be no one who closed it! Master: Neither be angry at the person who closes the door, nor at the door! Get angry at your mind that gets angry because the door is closed!”

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Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“In spite of occasional nationalistic assertions that Zen survives only in Japan, for Japanese the Zen ideal has always been based in China.”

China Zen Japan

Book:Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan

Source: Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan

“Spontaneously, without any theological training, I, a child, grasped the incompatibility of God and shit and thus came to question the basic thesis of Christian anthropology, namely that man was created in God's image. Either/or: either man was created in God's image - and has intestines! - or God lacks intestines and man is not like him. The ancient Gnostics felt as I did at the age of five. In the second century, the Great Gnostic master Valentinus resolved the damnable dilemma by claiming that Jesus "ate and drank, but did not defecate." Shit is a more onerous theological problem than is evil. Since God gave man freedom, we can, if need be, accept the idea that He is not responsible for man's crimes. The responsibility for shit, however, rests entirely with Him, the creator of man.”

God Theology Shit

Book:The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“Zen funeral rites typify both the promise of universal salvation characteristic of Japanese Buddhism and the dominance of funeral services in the activities of Japanese Buddhist temples. In fact, Japanese Buddhist funerals—the single most important Buddhist ritual still observed by the vast majority of Japanese—largely derives from rites that were introduced and popularized first by Zen monks.”