禅Yamada Koun

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The Fact of Experience

Gateless Gate Commentary

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Zen is not a philosophy. It is not a religion in the usual sense. Zen is the practice of coming to the fact of experience, before thought divides it.

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By Yamada Koun

From Gateless Gate Commentary

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