Zen the Literary Movement

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Huseng wrote:
LastLegend wrote:How do you squeeze Bodhidharma and his lineage into all of this?
The first account of Bodhidharma has him as a Persian. The following account has him as an Indian.

I'm sure there was a Bodhidharma, but as to the details of his life and legacy, you have to look at the literature for that, and the factuality of it is in debatable.
Is he considered a literary movement also?
It’s eye blinking.
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LastLegend wrote:
Huseng wrote:
LastLegend wrote:How do you squeeze Bodhidharma and his lineage into all of this?
The first account of Bodhidharma has him as a Persian. The following account has him as an Indian.

I'm sure there was a Bodhidharma, but as to the details of his life and legacy, you have to look at the literature for that, and the factuality of it is in debatable.
Is he considered a literary movement also?
He is a literary figure.
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Huseng wrote: He is a literary figure.
Hui Neng too?
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LastLegend wrote:
Huseng wrote: He is a literary figure.
Hui Neng too?
I'm not saying they didn't exist, just that in probability their hagiographies were stretched a considerable amount.
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Huseng wrote:
LastLegend wrote:
Huseng wrote: He is a literary figure.
Hui Neng too?
I'm not saying they didn't exist, just that in probability their hagiographies were stretched a considerable amount.
You still think Zen is a literary movement?
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LastLegend wrote: You still think Zen is a literary movement?
I think it was and is largely a literary movement.
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Huseng wrote:
LastLegend wrote: You still think Zen is a literary movement?
I think it was and is largely a literary movement.
And a very significant one at that! Hard to imagine Chinese literature without it.
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