Comment on Show HN: Pagoda, a Zen-mode Jekyll blog editorparentComments−s_baby13y>This "pop" usage of zen hurts my religious sensibilities. zen is about being a lotus in a dirt-pool.That's not very Zen of you.−prollyignored13yYeah. Read a shitty blog and know all about zen. Overload "zen" to mean cool, hip, minimal.Advertisers re-defined love as diamonds in 50 years.Maybe zen will be a styleshit in 2050.−s_baby13yIt's a valid observation of what Zen is compared to other Mahayana traditions. A return to the core fundamentals without all the clutter. It doesn't bother me.
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>This "pop" usage of zen hurts my religious sensibilities. zen is about being a lotus in a dirt-pool.
That's not very Zen of you.
Yeah. Read a shitty blog and know all about zen. Overload "zen" to mean cool, hip, minimal.
Advertisers re-defined love as diamonds in 50 years.
Maybe zen will be a styleshit in 2050.
It's a valid observation of what Zen is compared to other Mahayana traditions. A return to the core fundamentals without all the clutter. It doesn't bother me.