The Zen of Advaita - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

as a shock that when delivereddirectly to the system bothshifts and deconstructs perceptualillusions.In most forms of psychotherapyor spirituality techniques areoftentimes prescribed as a mapor template and placed upon thestudent as a general technique.Using them as a prescription orformula is not the point. For trueZen Teaching Masters there is noprescription, rather each studentis given a particular Koan tounlock “their” door.No SignificanceA student might ask, “Are you aZen Master?” The Master mightreply, ‘The sun is shining.”Or the student might ask, “How canone become a Master Teacher?” Andthe Master might reply, “How canthe sun make itself hotter, or thegrass make itself greener?”In this way, like no otherapproach, nothing has anysignificance. A Zen Master ifasked, “How did you learn to26