What is Buddhism

It doesn't stop thinking itself; it stops superimposing thoughts on thoughts and continuing to expand uselessly.

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https://hasunoha.jp/questions/20174

Good evening. I'd like to explain it as follows.

Buddhism doesn't recommend simply stopping thinking. Buddhism is about leaving verbal thinking and then returning to the world of verbal thought. At that time, wisdom is born away from verbal thought, and returning to the world of verbal thought again is due to mercy.

Quite the opposite. The Buddha tells us to think carefully.

Inquirer

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is my humble answer to the question.

Certainly, long ago, in Chinese Zen Buddhism, there was a time when “stop thinking,” “don't be sorry,” and “be unaware.”

However, due to the Tuban Kingdom's capture of Dunhuang, a major historical dispute has arisen between Chinese Zen monks who recommended the above teachings and Tibetan Buddhist monks who introduced Buddhism from India.

It is the “Samye sect theory” which began in 794 at Samye Temple in Tibet.

Once here, although the Chinese Zen sect, which recommends the above teachings, has an advantage, the teachings recommending “stop thinking,” “be sorry,” and “be unaware” are completely denied in a re-dispute with the monks invited from India by the Tibetan Buddhist side.

The significance of learning Buddhist epistemology and logic in meditating is very high, including the details of those questions and answers.

I've heard that the Japanese translation of Master Jamyang Shepa's “Quiet, Colourless Theory,” which is probably the basic book for learning Shikan in Tibetan Buddhism, is scheduled to be published next year or the next year. Questions and answers about “Samye's sect theory” are also taken up in the “Quiet, Colorless Theory.”

By all means, I hope you can use it for understanding when it is published.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho