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(1991) Human Studies 14 (4).
The problem of communicating zen understanding
a microanalysis of teacher-student interviews in a north american zen monastery
Richard Buttny , Thomas L. Isbell
pp. 287-309
Sometimes the dialogue which you read inkoans or the dialogue that takes place in the interview room doesn't make sense, it's not intended to make sense because it's not a rational, linear sequential thing, thisBodhidharma, whatever you think it is it's not. It's not an idea, it's not a concept, it's alive and it's working. How to see that, how to express that is what the dynamics of interview, ofDharma talk are about.
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DOI: 10.1007/BF02205610
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Buttny, R. , Isbell, T. L. (1991). The problem of communicating zen understanding: a microanalysis of teacher-student interviews in a north american zen monastery. Human Studies 14 (4), pp. 287-309.
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