The Flatbed Sutra of Louie Wing

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Article by Ted Biringer

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Does a Falling Tree make a Sound When Nobody is there to Hear it?

Does a Falling Tree make a Sound When Nobody is there to Hear it? As it presupposes dualism (between “things” (dharmas) in themselves and “things” as represented) the representational view of knowledge and experience is definitely rejected in Zen Buddhism, as it is in Mahayana Buddhism generally. In Zen, all real dharmas (things, beings, instances, [...]