Re: Ove Interest?

Am 24.02.2025 um 16:23 schrieb AMuzi:

On 2/24/2025 8:49 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 2/24/2025 8:09 AM, John B. wrote:

 
I would doubt very much that a large segment of the readers here would
be familiar with the term  Zen.

 
I suppose you could ask.
 
Speaking for myself, it's been about a week since Zen Buddhism came up
in conversation with a friend, and there was a brief mention in a
conversation with different friends two days ago.
 
Not that I'm an expert.
 
 

+1 I think most people have at least a passing familiarity.
I read this in 1967 but never achieved enlightenment. Nor was I able to
levitate. Dammit.
 
https://www.alibris.com/Life-and-teaching-of-the-masters-of-the-Far-
East-Baird-T-Spalding/book/3929244?matches=181

 
Shortly after I was born, somebody wrote a famous book placing the word
"zen" firmly into the list of words people weere expected to know about:
 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance>