Talk:Introduction to Philosophy/Zen Buddhism

I do not like this page, it seems sort of repetitive and I am not sure why the focus is on Zen, a particular sect of Buddhism instead of Buddhism in general, and like a quick paragraph long (or more) explanation of the 4 noble truths, or something like that. It just seems like a misprepresentation or something. I will try to come back to it myself if noone else does in a couple days, I am sorta busy at the moment

-bob

I'm not sure how to join in the discussion, I'm new to this so pardon any mistakes on my part. I have to agree with Bob on this one. Not only is the text very thin, it also strikes me as rather unrepresentative of Zen Buddhism itself. "Focus on nature and children"? Apart from the fact that the writer has quite obviously missed the point of zen teachings, I find it hard to believe any zen practitioner would subscribe to the ideas presented in the text. Also, shouldn't the different schools of thought be explained? The koans, the importance of zazen, the historical roots of the tradition? The inherent incommunicability of zen? In my opinion this text does not measure up to Wikipedia standards and should be deleted outright.

-Tom

This page seems more like a reference to stoicism than to Zen Buddhism. I certainly don't see much about Zen philosophy here that would not overlap with stoicism.

-whitecphil

Reference
The reference link is now dead. Malafaya (talk) 16:39, 29 April 2009 (UTC)