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Home	Being
Being	led
led	into
into	a
a	pit
pit	of
of	fire
fire	Zen
Zen	is
is	far
far	from
from	being
being	mundane
mundane	The
The	Zennist
Zennist	Going
Going	to
to	the
the	very
very	heart
heart	of
of	Zen
Zen	Home
Home	Archives
Archives	Profile
Profile	Subscribe
Subscribe	Being
Being	led
led	into
into	a
a	pit
pit	of
of	fire
fire	Main
Main	Zen
Zen	is
is	far
far	from
from	being
being	mundane
mundane	May
May	Fake
Fake	Zen
Zen	Zen
Zen	Buddhism
Buddhism	is
is	sliding
sliding	downhill
downhill	at
at	a
a	rather
rather	fast
fast	rate
rate	becoming
becoming	fake
fake	Zen
Zen	which
which	is
is	a
a	distortion
distortion	of
of	Zen
Zen	s
s	history
history	tradition
tradition	and
and	ultimate
ultimate	object
object	By
By	distortion
distortion	I
I	mean
mean	a
a	narrative
narrative	that
that	essentially
essentially	falsifies
falsifies	Zen
Zen	by
by	a
a	variety
variety	of
of	means
means	such
such	as
as	omitting
omitting	key
key	facts
facts	and
and	altering
altering	others
others	To
To	aid
aid	those
those	who
who	are
are	new
new	to
to	Zen
Zen	I
I	have
have	decided
decided	to
to	do
do	a
a	Q
Q	A
A	between
between	the
the	Beginner
Beginner	and
and	Luànsēng
Luànsēng	亂僧
亂僧	crazy
crazy	monk
monk	who
who	will
will	be
be	the
the	fake
fake	Zen
Zen	master
master	Is
Is	this
this	also
also	a
a	satire
satire	on
on	contemporary
contemporary	Zen
Zen	Hell
Hell	yes
yes	Beginner
Beginner	I
I	am
am	new
new	to
to	Zen
Zen	It
It	seems
seems	to
to	me
me	that
that	what
what	I
I	have
have	learned
learned	so
so	far
far	is
is	that
that	Zen
Zen	is
is	not
not	a
a	religion
religion	like
like	Buddhism
Buddhism	Luànsēng
Luànsēng	Yes
Yes	that
that	is
is	right
right	Zen
Zen	is
is	not
not	a
a	religion
religion	like
like	Buddhism
Buddhism	Buddhists
Buddhists	make
make	statues
statues	and
and	pray
pray	to
to	Buddha
Buddha	Zen
Zen	is
is	not
not	a
a	religion
religion	it
it	is
is	not
not	faith
faith	based
based	It
It	is
is	what
what	you
you	would
would	call
call	a
a	lifestyle
lifestyle	This
This	means
means	that
that	there
there	are
are	no
no	rules
rules	to
to	follow
follow	in
in	Zen
Zen	Yes
Yes	there
there	is
is	etiquette
etiquette	and
and	a
a	few
few	rituals
rituals	but
but	everyone
everyone	knows
knows	it
it	is
is	pretty
pretty	much
much	of
of	a
a	joke
joke	In
In	the
the	old
old	days
days	Zen
Zen	was
was	not
not	really
really	practiced
practiced	so
so	much
much	in
in	a
a	monastery
monastery	as
as	it
it	was
was	just
just	about
about	living
living	in
in	the
the	now
now	Beginner
Beginner	So
So	having
having	a
a	good
good	time
time	is
is	basically
basically	Zen
Zen	like
like	drinking
drinking	beer
beer	or
or	occasionally
occasionally	doing
doing	drugs
drugs	and
and	having
having	sex
sex	Luànsēng
Luànsēng	Basically
Basically	yes
yes	You
You	could
could	say
say	that
that	Zen
Zen	is
is	the
the	way
way	of
of	emptiness
emptiness	which
which	is
is	the
the	way
way	of
of	having
having	a
a	good
good	time
time	Nothing
Nothing	really
really	matters
matters	in
in	other
other	words
words	Beginner
Beginner	In
In	a
a	nutshell
nutshell	what
what	is
is	the
the	history
history	of
of	Zen
Zen	I
I	mean
mean	what
what	should
should	beginners
beginners	need
need	to
to	know
know	Luànsēng
Luànsēng	The
The	Chinese
Chinese	invented
invented	Zen
Zen	then
then	later
later	the
the	Buddhists
Buddhists	hijacked
hijacked	it
it	claiming
claiming	it
it	was
was	theirs
theirs	In
In	so
so	doing
doing	Buddhism
Buddhism	tried
tried	to
to	make
make	Zen
Zen	religious
religious	that
that	you
you	are
are	supposed
supposed	to
to	realize
realize	your
your	Buddha
Buddha	nature
nature	or
or	pure
pure	Mind
Mind	Also
Also	Buddhists
Buddhists	wanted
wanted	Zen
Zen	to
to	be
be	about
about	seated
seated	meditation
meditation	learning
learning	to
to	still
still	your
your	thoughts
thoughts	learning
learning	to
to	calm
calm	down
down	But
But	this
this	is
is	not
not	what
what	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	is
is	really
really	about
about	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	is
is	just
just	experiencing
experiencing	the
the	way
way	your
your	ordinary
ordinary	mind
mind	is
is	nothing
nothing	more
more	Zen
Zen	masters
masters	just
just	want
want	you
you	to
to	be
be	natural
natural	doing
doing	anything
anything	you
you	feel
feel	like
like	doing
doing	as
as	long
long	as
as	you
you	are
are	happy
happy	doing
doing	it
it	If
If	not
not	just
just	stop
stop	Beginner
Beginner	I
I	read
read	somewhere
somewhere	that
that	Zen
Zen	is
is	really
really	a
a	form
form	of
of	Taoism
Taoism	Is
Is	that
that	true
true	Luànsēng
Luànsēng	If
If	Taoism
Taoism	is
is	the
the	Way
Way	then
then	Zen
Zen	is
is	the
the	Way
Way	of
of	having
having	a
a	good
good	time
time	so
so	you
you	can
can	have
have	a
a	good
good	time
time	for
for	a
a	long
long	time
time	Before
Before	Buddhism
Buddhism	took
took	hold
hold	of
of	Zen
Zen	the
the	old
old	masters
masters	just
just	walked
walked	around
around	the
the	woods
woods	or
or	in
in	the
the	towns
towns	They
They	were
were	like
like	happy
happy	hobos
hobos	They
They	would
would	teach
teach	people
people	with
with	a
a	great
great	deal
deal	of
of	humor
humor	and
and	laughter
laughter	about
about	how
how	to
to	live
live	a
a	carefree
carefree	life
life	Alan
Alan	Watts
Watts	who
who	was
was	the
the	world
world	s
s	foremost
foremost	expert
expert	on
on	Zen
Zen	lived
lived	a
a	Zen
Zen	life
life	similar
similar	to
to	that
that	of
of	Liu
Liu	Ling
Ling	the
the	Taoist
Taoist	poet
poet	who
who	liked
liked	to
to	drink
drink	lots
lots	of
of	wine
wine	His
His	servant
servant	always
always	followed
followed	him
him	carrying
carrying	a
a	jug
jug	of
of	wine
wine	and
and	a
a	spade
spade	He
He	was
was	sure
sure	of
of	always
always	having
having	wine
wine	and
and	if
if	he
he	died
died	by
by	over
over	drinking
drinking	his
his	servant
servant	would
would	be
be	ready
ready	to
to	bury
bury	him
him	Alan
Alan	Watts
Watts	once
once	said
said	I
I	m
m	an
an	entertainer
entertainer	I
I	m
m	no
no	Buddhist
Buddhist	philosopher
philosopher	He
He	understood
understood	that
that	life
life	was
was	about
about	entertaining
entertaining	yourself
yourself	and
and	others
others	Beginner
Beginner	Why
Why	do
do	the
the	Zen
Zen	masters
masters	speak
speak	of
of	the
the	Buddha
Buddha	so
so	often
often	Luànsēng
Luànsēng	Basically
Basically	they
they	are
are	saying
saying	that
that	we
we	are
are	all
all	Buddhas
Buddhas	I
I	mean
mean	we
we	are
are	Buddhas
Buddhas	if
if	we
we	want
want	to
to	be
be	a
a	Buddha
Buddha	and
and	live
live	a
a	carefree
carefree	life
life	Jack
Jack	the
the	Ripper
Ripper	or
or	Ted
Ted	Bundy
Bundy	weren
weren	t
t	Buddhas
Buddhas	because
because	they
they	liked
liked	killing
killing	people
people	Beginner
Beginner	What
What	exactly
exactly	are
are	koans
koans	all
all	about
about	Luànsēng
Luànsēng	Koans
Koans	just
just	show
show	people
people	how
how	dumb
dumb	religious
religious	questions
questions	really
really	are
are	Sometimes
Sometimes	if
if	the
the	students
students	are
are	too
too	serious
serious	about
about	religion
religion	Zen
Zen	masters
masters	might
might	cut
cut	off
off	their
their	finger
finger	or
or	kill
kill	a
a	cat
cat	Beginner
Beginner	I
I	am
am	just
just	curious
curious	about
about	sex
sex	and
and	Zen
Zen	Luànsēng
Luànsēng	In
In	the
the	West
West	Zen
Zen	masters
masters	usually
usually	have
have	sex
sex	with
with	their
their	nuns
nuns	or
or	more
more	advanced
advanced	students
students	It
It	is
is	not
not	unusual
unusual	for
for	a
a	monk
monk	and
and	a
a	nun
nun	to
to	go
go	into
into	the
the	woods
woods	and
and	enjoy
enjoy	each
each	other
other	Since
Since	Zen
Zen	is
is	not
not	connected
connected	with
with	Buddhism
Buddhism	sex
sex	is
is	okay
okay	if
if	you
you	like
like	each
each	other
other	Just
Just	remember
remember	that
that	in
in	Zen
Zen	there
there	are
are	no
no	judges
judges	The
The	inspiration
inspiration	for
for	these
these	questions
questions	and
and	answers
answers	have
have	been
been	drawn
drawn	mainly
mainly	from
from	chat
chat	rooms
rooms	Over
Over	a
a	period
period	of
of	about
about	three
three	years
years	I
I	have
have	collected
collected	a
a	lot
lot	of
of	materials
materials	from
from	fake
fake	Zennists
Zennists	But
But	some
some	of
of	the
the	material
material	came
came	from
from	other
other	people
people	who
who	spent
spent	time
time	in
in	an
an	American
American	Zen
Zen	monastery
monastery	Putting
Putting	all
all	this
this	together
together	in
in	the
the	form
form	of
of	a
a	satire
satire	on
on	contemporary
contemporary	Zen
Zen	is
is	meant
meant	to
to	offend
offend	everyone
everyone	connected
connected	with
with	this
this	kind
kind	of
of	Zen
Zen	except
except	the
the	person
person	who
who	enjoys
enjoys	reading
reading	this
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satire	Posted
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