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Question
what is self?
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Followup To
Question -
what is zen?
Answer -
Understanding yourself and helping others
Why ask me??
If you want to understand yourself, you must strongly and sincerely ask YOURSELF, "What am I?" Throw away all ideas and concepts of what you are, and just return to that great question. You'll find that only one thing appears: "Don't Know."
Keeping that "Don't Know" is Zen.
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Stuart Resnick
Expertise
I'm a long-time practitioner in a Korean-style Zen school. I can answer questions regarding Zen, formal sitting meditation, self-inquiry, the practice of "koan" transmission, and offer the particular perspective of this school on the great life questions.
Experience
18 years of formal practice with the Kwan Um School of Zen, currently with the Empty Gate Zen Center of Berkeley, currently a "Senior Dharma Teacher" at this center, I give periodic talks and informally answer questions of students interested in Zen practice and teaching style
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