Ewk
@ewkrzen.bsky.social
Papers: www.reddit.com/r/zensangha/wiki/ewk/writing
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Bibliography: www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted
Podcast: https://sites.libsyn.com/407831
Bibliography: www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted
I explain to people how the indian-Chinese tradition of Zen is not Japanese, not meditation, not Buddhist.
Searching for people who might need to hear that, I get controversy about a social media person named "Zen" dog whistle woke something.
Whatever it is I need to be doing more of that.
Searching for people who might need to hear that, I get controversy about a social media person named "Zen" dog whistle woke something.
Whatever it is I need to be doing more of that.
December 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I explain to people how the indian-Chinese tradition of Zen is not Japanese, not meditation, not Buddhist.
Searching for people who might need to hear that, I get controversy about a social media person named "Zen" dog whistle woke something.
Whatever it is I need to be doing more of that.
Searching for people who might need to hear that, I get controversy about a social media person named "Zen" dog whistle woke something.
Whatever it is I need to be doing more of that.
Translators and academics who had profited personally and professionally were reluctant to face facts and the result was stagnation in Zen scholarship.
Despite Zen being far more historical and far more interesting to the public, 100 years later there is no degree in Zen anywhere in the world.
Despite Zen being far more historical and far more interesting to the public, 100 years later there is no degree in Zen anywhere in the world.
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Translators and academics who had profited personally and professionally were reluctant to face facts and the result was stagnation in Zen scholarship.
Despite Zen being far more historical and far more interesting to the public, 100 years later there is no degree in Zen anywhere in the world.
Despite Zen being far more historical and far more interesting to the public, 100 years later there is no degree in Zen anywhere in the world.
By the end of the 1900s it was clear that Shunryu Beginner's Mind and Thich Hahn Mindfulness and Kapleau 4 Pillars had promoted an indigenous Japanese religion, knowingly misrepresenting the Indian-Chinese tradition of Zen.
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
By the end of the 1900s it was clear that Shunryu Beginner's Mind and Thich Hahn Mindfulness and Kapleau 4 Pillars had promoted an indigenous Japanese religion, knowingly misrepresenting the Indian-Chinese tradition of Zen.
The biggest misunderstanding about Zen is that koans are histroical transcripts, not riddles or paradoxes.
Studying koans helps people understand how aggressively Zen is opposed to Buddhism, to meditation, to philosophy, to the performative.
Not just that, but WHY Zen is against those things.
Studying koans helps people understand how aggressively Zen is opposed to Buddhism, to meditation, to philosophy, to the performative.
Not just that, but WHY Zen is against those things.
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The biggest misunderstanding about Zen is that koans are histroical transcripts, not riddles or paradoxes.
Studying koans helps people understand how aggressively Zen is opposed to Buddhism, to meditation, to philosophy, to the performative.
Not just that, but WHY Zen is against those things.
Studying koans helps people understand how aggressively Zen is opposed to Buddhism, to meditation, to philosophy, to the performative.
Not just that, but WHY Zen is against those things.
How do you miss a moon?
Because it is practically invisible, it is in the worst place for someone to see it, right between Uranus’s rings, moving fast and reflecting very little light, so it was normal that Voyager 2, which we cannot forget was the queen of the 80s...
unionrayo.com/en/astronome...
Because it is practically invisible, it is in the worst place for someone to see it, right between Uranus’s rings, moving fast and reflecting very little light, so it was normal that Voyager 2, which we cannot forget was the queen of the 80s...
unionrayo.com/en/astronome...
Goodbye to the idea of a fully known Solar System—astronomers announce the discovery of a new moon that redefines our space maps
Sometimes it seems that we have already seen everything in the Solar System and that after decades of telescopes, probes and missions, anything that could
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December 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
How do you miss a moon?
Because it is practically invisible, it is in the worst place for someone to see it, right between Uranus’s rings, moving fast and reflecting very little light, so it was normal that Voyager 2, which we cannot forget was the queen of the 80s...
unionrayo.com/en/astronome...
Because it is practically invisible, it is in the worst place for someone to see it, right between Uranus’s rings, moving fast and reflecting very little light, so it was normal that Voyager 2, which we cannot forget was the queen of the 80s...
unionrayo.com/en/astronome...
youtu.be/o4I_hOz_MLw
"Go to the original source"
This was how Zen meditation and Zen Buddhism and zazen were all debunked.
There's a thousand years of Zen historical records and there is NO Buddhism, NO Meditation, and no Zazen enlightenment gate.
Not Ever in 1,000 years.
"Go to the original source"
This was how Zen meditation and Zen Buddhism and zazen were all debunked.
There's a thousand years of Zen historical records and there is NO Buddhism, NO Meditation, and no Zazen enlightenment gate.
Not Ever in 1,000 years.
How to Tell What’s Real Online
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December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
youtu.be/o4I_hOz_MLw
"Go to the original source"
This was how Zen meditation and Zen Buddhism and zazen were all debunked.
There's a thousand years of Zen historical records and there is NO Buddhism, NO Meditation, and no Zazen enlightenment gate.
Not Ever in 1,000 years.
"Go to the original source"
This was how Zen meditation and Zen Buddhism and zazen were all debunked.
There's a thousand years of Zen historical records and there is NO Buddhism, NO Meditation, and no Zazen enlightenment gate.
Not Ever in 1,000 years.
Fun Science studies:
1. Cats meow louder at men
2. Fewer meals = more fatty liver
3. Golden Oyster Mushrooms are invasive
4. Evidence of sugar on astroids
1. Cats meow louder at men
2. Fewer meals = more fatty liver
3. Golden Oyster Mushrooms are invasive
4. Evidence of sugar on astroids
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Fun Science studies:
1. Cats meow louder at men
2. Fewer meals = more fatty liver
3. Golden Oyster Mushrooms are invasive
4. Evidence of sugar on astroids
1. Cats meow louder at men
2. Fewer meals = more fatty liver
3. Golden Oyster Mushrooms are invasive
4. Evidence of sugar on astroids
youtu.be/twdgxIJZDns
We're seeing a decline in freedom of speech right now, but that's really just the tip of the freedom decline iceberg.
They don't come for your guns first.
They come for your economic choices.
We're seeing a decline in freedom of speech right now, but that's really just the tip of the freedom decline iceberg.
They don't come for your guns first.
They come for your economic choices.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
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December 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
youtu.be/twdgxIJZDns
We're seeing a decline in freedom of speech right now, but that's really just the tip of the freedom decline iceberg.
They don't come for your guns first.
They come for your economic choices.
We're seeing a decline in freedom of speech right now, but that's really just the tip of the freedom decline iceberg.
They don't come for your guns first.
They come for your economic choices.
Catching up on Only Murders...
So that's why cats are following me.
So that's why cats are following me.
December 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Catching up on Only Murders...
So that's why cats are following me.
So that's why cats are following me.
youtu.be/I8l1uSb0LZg
"The last consumer privacy protection law in the US was in 1988... Making it illegal for video store clerks to disclose your VHS rentals."
Whose fault is this??
Voters.
"The last consumer privacy protection law in the US was in 1988... Making it illegal for video store clerks to disclose your VHS rentals."
Whose fault is this??
Voters.
The “Ensh*ttification” of the Internet and How to Fix It | Amanpour and Company
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December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
youtu.be/I8l1uSb0LZg
"The last consumer privacy protection law in the US was in 1988... Making it illegal for video store clerks to disclose your VHS rentals."
Whose fault is this??
Voters.
"The last consumer privacy protection law in the US was in 1988... Making it illegal for video store clerks to disclose your VHS rentals."
Whose fault is this??
Voters.
Zen really doesn't like Buddhism... But when Buddhists do the translating of send texts guess what?
Buddhists misrepresent those parts.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/oTCX...
Buddhists misrepresent those parts.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/oTCX...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Zen really doesn't like Buddhism... But when Buddhists do the translating of send texts guess what?
Buddhists misrepresent those parts.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/oTCX...
Buddhists misrepresent those parts.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/oTCX...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
What those people actually mean is that there is no education for its own sake. There's just education for your career. And that's called trade school, not education.
What those people actually mean is that there is no education for its own sake. There's just education for your career. And that's called trade school, not education.
Poll: In a dramatic shift, Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost
The latest NBC News poll shows two-thirds of registered voters down on the value proposition of a degree. A majority said degrees were worth the cost a dozen years ago.
www.nbcnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
What those people actually mean is that there is no education for its own sake. There's just education for your career. And that's called trade school, not education.
What those people actually mean is that there is no education for its own sake. There's just education for your career. And that's called trade school, not education.
The point to Christianity, Buddhism, Japanese Zazen and Mormonism is shelter from doubt.
Zen focuses on doubts... Because trusting your instincts is the start of public interview.
Explaining koans encourages doubt. Japanese religions pretend koans are paradox to hide from doubt.
Zen focuses on doubts... Because trusting your instincts is the start of public interview.
Explaining koans encourages doubt. Japanese religions pretend koans are paradox to hide from doubt.
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The point to Christianity, Buddhism, Japanese Zazen and Mormonism is shelter from doubt.
Zen focuses on doubts... Because trusting your instincts is the start of public interview.
Explaining koans encourages doubt. Japanese religions pretend koans are paradox to hide from doubt.
Zen focuses on doubts... Because trusting your instincts is the start of public interview.
Explaining koans encourages doubt. Japanese religions pretend koans are paradox to hide from doubt.
People who can't quote Zen Masters but talk about Zen are seriously deluded.
Nobody is going to read any of these Boomer Messiahs like Thich Hahn or Alan Watts or Shunryu Beginners Mind in 1,000 years... We are still reading Zen (like Gateless's Gate) 1,000 years later.
Nobody is going to read any of these Boomer Messiahs like Thich Hahn or Alan Watts or Shunryu Beginners Mind in 1,000 years... We are still reading Zen (like Gateless's Gate) 1,000 years later.
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
People who can't quote Zen Masters but talk about Zen are seriously deluded.
Nobody is going to read any of these Boomer Messiahs like Thich Hahn or Alan Watts or Shunryu Beginners Mind in 1,000 years... We are still reading Zen (like Gateless's Gate) 1,000 years later.
Nobody is going to read any of these Boomer Messiahs like Thich Hahn or Alan Watts or Shunryu Beginners Mind in 1,000 years... We are still reading Zen (like Gateless's Gate) 1,000 years later.
Why is then incompatible with religion including Buddhism and Christianity and taoism??
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/CdI2...
Zen isn't about having faith or discovering something.
It's about taking things away to see what's underneath.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/CdI2...
Zen isn't about having faith or discovering something.
It's about taking things away to see what's underneath.
Reddit - The heart of the internet
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November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Why is then incompatible with religion including Buddhism and Christianity and taoism??
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/CdI2...
Zen isn't about having faith or discovering something.
It's about taking things away to see what's underneath.
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/CdI2...
Zen isn't about having faith or discovering something.
It's about taking things away to see what's underneath.
I talk about Zen culture because I've been studying it for more than 20 years. One thing I say is that Zen is based on different ideas and norms and a different approach to language, to how language is used.
youtu.be/WHHGOYu6Fl0
Here's another different approach to language, to how it is spoken!
youtu.be/WHHGOYu6Fl0
Here's another different approach to language, to how it is spoken!
Incredible Zulu click language - The ultimate tongue twister.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I talk about Zen culture because I've been studying it for more than 20 years. One thing I say is that Zen is based on different ideas and norms and a different approach to language, to how language is used.
youtu.be/WHHGOYu6Fl0
Here's another different approach to language, to how it is spoken!
youtu.be/WHHGOYu6Fl0
Here's another different approach to language, to how it is spoken!
It's not that AI has challenged Academia or corrupted it.
It's corporations.
Corporations control more data than the average person realizes and more computing power than they average person realizes.
Corporations dominate data and computer power like the rich dominate political contributions.
It's corporations.
Corporations control more data than the average person realizes and more computing power than they average person realizes.
Corporations dominate data and computer power like the rich dominate political contributions.
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It's not that AI has challenged Academia or corrupted it.
It's corporations.
Corporations control more data than the average person realizes and more computing power than they average person realizes.
Corporations dominate data and computer power like the rich dominate political contributions.
It's corporations.
Corporations control more data than the average person realizes and more computing power than they average person realizes.
Corporations dominate data and computer power like the rich dominate political contributions.
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Why do people believe AI can do things that AI can't do? People are falling for AI scams all the time now but why?
Why do people believe that AI is competing against people who use rocks and sticks instead of what's actually happening: AI vs AI+people?
Why do people believe AI can do things that AI can't do? People are falling for AI scams all the time now but why?
Why do people believe that AI is competing against people who use rocks and sticks instead of what's actually happening: AI vs AI+people?
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
music.youtube.com/watch
Why do people believe AI can do things that AI can't do? People are falling for AI scams all the time now but why?
Why do people believe that AI is competing against people who use rocks and sticks instead of what's actually happening: AI vs AI+people?
Why do people believe AI can do things that AI can't do? People are falling for AI scams all the time now but why?
Why do people believe that AI is competing against people who use rocks and sticks instead of what's actually happening: AI vs AI+people?
What do people get to argue about and stand up for??
It's an interesting question.
Especially when it's not something that's mainstream.
It's an interesting question.
Especially when it's not something that's mainstream.
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
What do people get to argue about and stand up for??
It's an interesting question.
Especially when it's not something that's mainstream.
It's an interesting question.
Especially when it's not something that's mainstream.
One dispute on social media is how much ignorant misuse of "Zen" is okay?
Well, how much is okay about other minorities? Why isn't there a common standard?
Well, how much is okay about other minorities? Why isn't there a common standard?
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
One dispute on social media is how much ignorant misuse of "Zen" is okay?
Well, how much is okay about other minorities? Why isn't there a common standard?
Well, how much is okay about other minorities? Why isn't there a common standard?
The contrast is always so shocking: Buddhist religions always telling people about their leaders are so special, so special that you won't understand.
In Zen we just say "read Zhaozhou" or "Mazu said..."
Everybody can see the special for themselves in Zen. It's immediately apparent on its own.
In Zen we just say "read Zhaozhou" or "Mazu said..."
Everybody can see the special for themselves in Zen. It's immediately apparent on its own.
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The contrast is always so shocking: Buddhist religions always telling people about their leaders are so special, so special that you won't understand.
In Zen we just say "read Zhaozhou" or "Mazu said..."
Everybody can see the special for themselves in Zen. It's immediately apparent on its own.
In Zen we just say "read Zhaozhou" or "Mazu said..."
Everybody can see the special for themselves in Zen. It's immediately apparent on its own.
Greene out, Mamdani in, Loomer begs Pres. to tell her what think: "I need to know for my own sake".
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
What Trump’s Mamdani praise — and MTG’s ouster — says about MAGA’s future - POLITICO
A whirlwind Friday is the freshest reminder that the MAGA movement has always been defined more by id than ideology.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Greene out, Mamdani in, Loomer begs Pres. to tell her what think: "I need to know for my own sake".
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/Gjat...
Why don't we have modern koans?
Zen requires courage. We don't see it in 1900s Buddhist academia or from people who practice Zazen; we don't see it from Western Buddhism.
8fP is a private pretending. The 4 Statements of Zen are public confrontation.
Why don't we have modern koans?
Zen requires courage. We don't see it in 1900s Buddhist academia or from people who practice Zazen; we don't see it from Western Buddhism.
8fP is a private pretending. The 4 Statements of Zen are public confrontation.
Reddit - The heart of the internet
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November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
www.reddit.com/r/zen/s/Gjat...
Why don't we have modern koans?
Zen requires courage. We don't see it in 1900s Buddhist academia or from people who practice Zazen; we don't see it from Western Buddhism.
8fP is a private pretending. The 4 Statements of Zen are public confrontation.
Why don't we have modern koans?
Zen requires courage. We don't see it in 1900s Buddhist academia or from people who practice Zazen; we don't see it from Western Buddhism.
8fP is a private pretending. The 4 Statements of Zen are public confrontation.
youtu.be/ty33v7UYYbw
21st Century Zen Scholarship theme song!
"I like the stories about angels, unicorns and elves,
Now I like those stories,
As much as anybody else,
But when I'm seeking knowledge..."
Books!
21st Century Zen Scholarship theme song!
"I like the stories about angels, unicorns and elves,
Now I like those stories,
As much as anybody else,
But when I'm seeking knowledge..."
Books!
They Might Be Giants - Science is Real (official TMBG video)
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November 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
youtu.be/ty33v7UYYbw
21st Century Zen Scholarship theme song!
"I like the stories about angels, unicorns and elves,
Now I like those stories,
As much as anybody else,
But when I'm seeking knowledge..."
Books!
21st Century Zen Scholarship theme song!
"I like the stories about angels, unicorns and elves,
Now I like those stories,
As much as anybody else,
But when I'm seeking knowledge..."
Books!
Watching the economy tank, approval ratings tank, affordability tank, pay to play government tank, DOJ tank, Measles tank, Science tank, it seems like America is having a Chappell Roan - My Kink is Karma experience.
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Watching the economy tank, approval ratings tank, affordability tank, pay to play government tank, DOJ tank, Measles tank, Science tank, it seems like America is having a Chappell Roan - My Kink is Karma experience.