WHAT IS A ZEN MASTER?
A Zen master
Question 6
How would you define/describe a Zen Master?
Sifu Andrew Barnett
Answer
Go and wash your face.
The above is a Zen answer, given by a Zen master to a Zen student to help him attain a spiritual awakening.
An intellectual answer is as follows. A Zen master is one who avoids evil and does good, and his spiritual cultivation, which he has attained a very high level, is mainly training his mind to experience Cosmic Reality. He may or may not know much about Zen philosophy, and he may or may not teach students who follow his methods of spiritual cultivation.
The above is reproduced from the thread 10 Questions to the Grandmaster about Zen in the Shaolin Wahnam Discussion Forum
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