Should You Stay, or Should You Go? You Should Probably Go

Thoughts on retirement and the patriarchy. Oh, and Zen also...

#retirement #patriarchy #Zen #Uchiyama #Sawaki

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Retreat and Reconciliation: Zen Meets Itself Again is a personal account of returning to community Zen practice after time spent away.

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#retreat #sesshin #sangha #community #reconciliation #Zen #Uchiyama #Antaiji #Manjushri #bodhisattva #meditation

"We are not made to live subjected to authoritarian rule but... need to be independent and free to act as we choose. ... No matter how well... government develops... they will never... satisfy our ideal. ..."
— #Uchiyama #Gudō (1864–1911; #Zen priest; #anarcho-socialist)

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... #nihilism), #Buddhist anarchism ( #Uchiyama #Gudō, " #Zenarchy"), #Daoist / #Taoist anarchism, niche so-called " #magickal nihilism"—partly inspired by #chaos / #chaote #magick (" #chaoism"), #Deleuzoguattarian " #chaosophy", and some elements of #Discordianism or #Erisian #thought—...

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