[Haskell-cafe] A hell of a question

[Jason Dusek]

2008/12/22 Luke Palmer <lrpalmer at gmail.com>:
> Andrzej Jaworski <himself at poczta.nom.pl>
> > First let me disassociate Haskell from Taoism...

> I associate Haskell with Zen...

  The relationship between Taoism and Zen is actually very
  close. The notion of "stillness practice" is essentially
  Chinese. Indian schools of meditation and schools of Buddhism
  not originating in China, tend to emphasize an /object/ of
  meditation -- a God, a candle, what-have-you. The practice of
  "sitting still, doing nothing" finds its way into Buddhism
  when Chan Buddhism is formed in China. It is an adaption of a
  Taoist practice with a long history -- and in fact, Chan was
  seen as a Taoist renewal. It is Chan that makes its way to
  Japan to become the Zen we all know.

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Jason Dusek