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The Zen Path

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Discussion of Zen and ethics benefits from an answer to the preliminary question, ‘What is Zen?’ With a focus on elements generally common to the particular forms of the tradition,1 this chapter outlines four overlapping areas of the Zen path: practice, Awakening, wisdom and compassion.

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Ives, C. (1992). The Zen Path. In: Zen Awakening and Society. Library of Philosophy and Religion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11494-8_2

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