Zen has no gods. However, it intensely
focus on the godliness of all beings. The main goal of zen practice is to
unveil one’s eyes to realize such ever present godliness. This realization does
not come through the belief in doctrines nor through the faith in an imagined
God. For zen, every being (animated or inanimate) is sacred. However, such
sacredness comes as fruit of a peaceful rebellion against everything that is
so-called sacred. All of us reflect a truth that is one and the same for all. All
beings are together one sole being. Therefore, zen laughs at sacredness because
everything is sacred.
Only seemingly a paradox, Truth is to
be found through inquiry and doubt, through the realization that there is no
absolute truth. All truth is relative depending on how we reflect the same one
truth existent inside each other. The only absolute is relativism. Truth may be
only one. However, it manifests in a unique way through each one different
being. That is why zen laughs at absolutes.
If your belief and truth is shaken
by laughter, how strong and real is it? Laughter is the killer of false truths,
self-importance and delusion. Laughter is an awakening alarm from falsehood.
Laughter is only a threat if one is attached to false gods. If there is a god
in zen, and there is none, that god is laughter.
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