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mike_mike's avatar

fantastic review

thank you for devoting such attention to this subject

listened to Simon read his book (his voice is wonderful) and his description of how a framework and a practice is traded for a system and a goal is insighful

am wondering if these mystical paradoxes of divine materialism mitigated by a self of no-self lead him to the everyday observations of Zen

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Shane Devine's avatar

Critchley co-taught his Mysticism course with Eugene Thacker, who lectured on the Zen writings we read. Thacker is more on the pessimistic and resignation side of things, but Critchley liked what he had to say about Zen. One of the poets he talked about was Hanshan who you might be interested in.

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