Is he considered a literary movement also?Huseng wrote:The first account of Bodhidharma has him as a Persian. The following account has him as an Indian.LastLegend wrote:How do you squeeze Bodhidharma and his lineage into all of this?
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.
Zen the Literary Movement
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He is a literary figure.LastLegend wrote:Is he considered a literary movement also?Huseng wrote:The first account of Bodhidharma has him as a Persian. The following account has him as an Indian.LastLegend wrote:How do you squeeze Bodhidharma and his lineage into all of this?
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.
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Hui Neng too?Huseng wrote: He is a literary figure.
It’s eye blinking.
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I'm not saying they didn't exist, just that in probability their hagiographies were stretched a considerable amount.LastLegend wrote:Hui Neng too?Huseng wrote: He is a literary figure.
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You still think Zen is a literary movement?Huseng wrote:I'm not saying they didn't exist, just that in probability their hagiographies were stretched a considerable amount.LastLegend wrote:Hui Neng too?Huseng wrote: He is a literary figure.
It’s eye blinking.
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I think it was and is largely a literary movement.LastLegend wrote: You still think Zen is a literary movement?
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And a very significant one at that! Hard to imagine Chinese literature without it.Huseng wrote:I think it was and is largely a literary movement.LastLegend wrote: You still think Zen is a literary movement?