Are any of you personally invested in Zen Buddhism? I was a zenhead from age 17 to 22. For me, it is my childhood religion
Interesting, & true: I know more about real history of other Buddhisms (Theravada/Tibetan) than Zen….
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The history of Chan-Zen in China is seriously understudied, in English, at least
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I thought as much, from talking with
@Meaningness Am quite curious about the historical overlap between Zen and Dzogchen -
but know of no detailed investigation into that.
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I will keep my eyes peeled. There have been Tantric dynasties. I wonder how that effects things
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Yes, exactly…sorting out the influence and lineage of ideas is hard work & time consuming, but is interesting to conjecture
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I bet there is much more cross-over there, possibly more mutual influence than commonly understood
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I have found a number of good highly detailed studies of particular periods, but no general overviews
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