Low Quality Facts

lowqualityfacts.bsky.social

27 January 2026 17:51

Imagine if a cashier at Costco murdered two customers, and instead of them being arrested Costco was just like "Okay everyone calm down, we have demoted the cashier's boss from Manager to Assistant Manager".

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06 January 2026 17:56

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Ewk

ewkrzen.bsky.social

09 December 2025 10:15

Translators and academics who had profited personally and professionally were reluctant to face facts and the result was stagnation in Zen scholarship. Despite Zen being far more historical and far more interesting to the public, 100 years later there is no degree in Zen anywhere in the world.

Ewk

ewkrzen.bsky.social

23 November 2025 20:28

The four statements of Zen are incompatible with Buddhist four noble truths. Zen teaches insight not based on practice, but arising from ordinary life.

Ewk

ewkrzen.bsky.social

13 November 2025 18:05

Buddha didn't have written language. Zen historical records (koans) exist b/c the Chinese were great at record keeping by Damo. For 5 patriarchs not much to record with few followers. Then Huineng ended the patriarchs, masters emerged all over and historical records (koans) became essential.