ISSUE 02 | FEBRUARY 2020
questions without falling into
the trap of illusion. No one
knows the answers to the deep
questions about life and death.
Does this mean that Zen closes
the door to metaphysical
phenomena? Absolutely not!
Zen cannot confirm nor deny
them, therefore, it is better to
remain silent and to live simply
in the moment.
What does Zen
think of religious
beliefs?
As a great Zen Master once
said, "Faith is like painting
the walls of your room with
mud, then trying to convince
yourself that it is beautiful,
and it smells good."
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Faith is an illusion, a dream
that we strongly consider real,
but that in reality only
impoverishes the true
spirituality of man. The
strength of our faith and
conviction has nothing to do
with the fact that a belief is
true or not. The veracity of our
faith is in us only, nowhere else.
Religions feel compelled to
give answers to everything as a
sign of their "great wisdom,"
but for Zen, not giving any
answers at all is actually the
great wisdom.
A true religion shows man how
to think and not what to think,
therefore, we must learn to ask
great questions rather than
looking for great answers.
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What is Karma?
In Buddhism, the sanskrit word
Karma means "action," and is
defined as the intention
manifested in the action of
thought, body, and speech - it is
the intention that produces
Karma, and not the act itself.
Everyone in this world is subject to
the great chain of causes and
consequences, successions of
rebirth and death, called karmic
law or karma. The cause is
generally compared to the seed
and the consequences to the fruit.
The fruits of karma are harvested in
the form of happiness or misery
depending on the nature of the
acts committed.
Every thought, every action, every
word leaves "vibratory" imprints,
karmic seeds and these imprints
ripen, drawing to us corresponding
consequences or consequences of