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Buddhism is about finding ones way to nirvana. It is a journey that could take thousands of lifetimes. Zen Buddhism is a direct pointing to reality, of a faster path to enlightenment. In Instant Zen, he short aphorisms all contain different Buddhist truths and “life realities”. By understanding the short passages, one can see the messages hidden in the parables.
The messages in these parables all relate to the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, dharma, and anicca which all help one way or another in understanding reality and finding nirvana. The Four Noble Truths are the foundations of Buddha’s teachings: Life inevitably involves suffering; is imperfect and unsatisfactory. Suffering originates in our desires. Suffering will cease if all desires cease. The last noble truth is that there is a way to realize these states: the Noble Eightfold Path. Many of the parables in Instant Zen reflect the Eightfold Path and its ways of guiding humans to liberation. The eight paths......

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