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

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(which is an abstraction), noBuddha (which is an abstraction).Taken Away AgainEnquiry Saying: <strong>The</strong> Mind is NotBuddha.If everything is Buddha, there isno Buddha.<strong>Zen</strong> Sayings<strong>Zen</strong> Sayings and <strong>Zen</strong> Koans serve adifferent function.<strong>Zen</strong> Sayings aremore like global understandings.For example:“No fixed positions.”“<strong>The</strong> Great Way is easy, except forthose who have preferences.”<strong>The</strong>se are more globalunderstandings which, as we willsee, can be applied to any state<strong>of</strong> consciousness.Prior to Nothing Nothing is.Buddha: “<strong>The</strong>re is no essence priorto the world.”This statement contains two parts.First there is only the Buddha67

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