The "Bird Path" is a phrase used by seventh century Zen Buddhists to describe the way in which each personality diverges in a unique manner from the core of being: hence unique each individual's path to that core. The Bird Path.
Monday, February 04, 2008
Living Words and Dead Words
Early Chan Buddhists made a distinction between living words and dead words. Living words were those rooted in the soil of fact. Dead words were those rooted only in the fevered imagination of dreamers.
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