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G i i . %ad some kind ofstori.'" wMeh is the ultimaD g d of Zen Buddhiun. The<br />
actual nature of P SOIori experience b Ua mbjdn d mbdc m be dirnrusd here.<br />
IImmer, Kcrmru &r m have had rush mpimxes, ba(h the d t of medimtion"<br />
2.6 Conclusion<br />
lhs, KnousE and Ik&r eestr. in pmlcular Oary Snyder, attempted 1 &OW<br />
prsmce of Buddhism with an emphis on the rn method of medimion and a moditid<br />
km memod. If meir prsdce ofsuddhkm is compwi with that of Chhesc md J a w<br />
Buddhists, ar Layman md Phi* ruggut, Kemua: and the thsts an be rrm m have<br />
m!en Ik Thm Rcfugu, m have follod the Five Refepll (as they iinQrprrced them).<br />
and m he taken he he Vow 10 save PU sentient beings. AdditiannUy, fhcy<br />
emplusirsd Zen Buddhist medilltion in a wylc mnriUent with tha -bed by mgen.<br />
'a Omsterg, 'Kuouac's Ethic; p. 55.<br />
'- In a lemr m Phhp Wm. Know mtcr<br />
llw pooful Jok shaking br head ovu Ik fmlo of the future, s, as they a, lust<br />
ha but Buddha fm 6x Buddha mhm~ LI Vrre mwhm -The m v of #ha<br />
night h the wmdr at I AM whk the 6rd mld me '~very~lings AI& forever<br />
& forever & fomrer,' md my hair rmod up an end with rm~mbnnct of the<br />
Bid ~ gof all h things, wow. that was it, thpt will be it. (Kemwr, m Philip<br />
Whalen Waky Mount, N.C.: Kb. 7, 19561, in, Kerouac, Selected LLmrs, p.<br />
550.)<br />
" see, for axample, Jack Kmuac. 'Sam" in Pprir.' (Ewrgmm R&m, 1966:<br />
print. Won' in Porir ond Pic. New York: Gmve h. 1988). p. 7.