[Meta] What are the sects/schools/branches/cliques of r/zen?
Or, maybe the user tropes in the sub?
Some examples:
* Blanket/Generic Zen * Chan * Soto/Dogen * Secular Zen * Religious Zen * Blanket/Generic Zen Buddhism * Anti-Dogen/Buddhism * Drugs -> Zen * Pop culture -> Zen * Cult Zen * Trying to make themselves masters in their own cults * Inclusive Zen
What do you follow? What cliques do you see? Where would you put me? Someone else?
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This obviously isn't formal. I'm curious how users see the social dynamics in r/zen. Or, if they even pay attention/notice it at all.
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Edit: *Apparently*, I asked this without adding my two cents. Whoops.
If I had to come up with a name for the u/EasternShade 'sect', it'd probably be 'agnostic irreverent zen'. I don't have definitive answers for everyone, but I will fuck with those that claim to. But, it's fair to say I'm reading through whatever piques my interest and taking it as I will. Largely, I'm less interested in the source/labeling/association games for texts and masters and more interested in whatever notions come up and how they fit in with the rest.
Socially, I'm usually either poking holes I see in posts/comments, arguing against people putting on a master hat and telling everyone else how to behave, or trying to promote some scholarly/academic standard for when the sub is pretending to be rigorous in that vein.