Saturday, February 25, 2006

Do I need to answer this question?

I was thinking about why I chose Buddhism and why Zen, and I know the answers....and don't have all the words to describe why. I just know. But people love to probe and they will ask me why I chose it. And I was thinking that I can't really give a simple, direct response. I started to look up definitions of Zen Buddhism but none were direct enough. I don't need to answer this question, I don't really need to put it into words for myself either....after all that is one of the points, not needing to label or describe or use words at all.

I don't know that I'll ever label myself a Buddhist. A student of Buddhism should be just fine. I have enough labels already.

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