How to pursue Zen and still enjoy logic and philosophy?
Is it possible to seek Zen spirituality and still love logic and philosophy? I guess what I’m asking is: Can someone enjoy philosophy and logic if they are excluded from their spiritual quest? Please help.
Buddhism of all kinds is about philosophy.
Zen isn’t a Religion you know. It is a Spirituality. Spirituality involves all sorts of levels of wisdom.
This is kind of a stupid answer in the form of a question. Have you heard of Alan Watts? I’ve enjoyed listening to him a time or two. There are videos all over youtube. I can’t agree with all he has to say, but it’s interesting. He promoted Zen.
He also died a drunk from what I hear.
You obviously have not a clue what Zen is.
Nothing is excluded in Zen you are thinking like a Christian, it does take awhile to remove that old conditioning so don’t despair.
Hsuan-sha sent a monk to his old teacher, Hseuh-feng, with a letter of greeting. Hseuh-feng gathered his monks and opened the letter in their presence. The envelope contained nothing but three sheets of blank paper. Hseuh-feng showed the paper to his monks and said, “Do you understand?”
There was no answer, so Hseuh-feng said, “My prodigal son writes just what I think.”
When Hsuan-sha heard what happened at Hseuh-feng’s monastery, he said, “My old man is in his dotage.”