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1. The Meaning of the Unborn:

The phrase “Unborn” has always carried an enigmatic resonance within the Zen tradition. On the surface, it seems paradoxical: how can one speak of something that is not born, not created, not generated by any process of arising? Yet, for Zen masters through the centuries, the “Unborn” has served as a vital pointer to that reality which eludes all dualistic thought and all temporal becoming. read more