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

teach?” might say, “A dog isbarking.”For most of us from theWest this is quite striking,as our point of reference isimagining we are a separateindividual entity, person or beingthat can learn a skill, and bylearning a skill you can becomea Zen Master or a Zen TeachingMaster.For the Zen Master nothing couldbe further from the truth. Why?Because nothing is happening,a dog is barking, the sun isshining, the Zen Master isteaching, the grass is green, atnight the sky gets dark. In otherwords someone realizes it or not.Nothing is more significant thananything else and in Zen, (hint:another One Hand Clapping) all isone seamless occurrence or event.Not.No DescriptionsIn Zen we do not name, label ordescribe.27