Zen and the Unsayable
Zen and the Unsayable
This chapter explores the limits of the sayable in the context of Zen stories, arguing that the very fact that Zen addresses our mode of prereflective engagement with the world—a mode of engagement that is in important ways precognitive—means that much of what Zen has to teach us must be shown, and not said. This language, of course, is redolent of the Tractatus.
Keywords: Zen stories, Buddhism, conventional truth, ultimate truth, prereflective engagement
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