The benefits of exploring other traditions are numerous. So, it is helpful to understand both the similarities and the differences in religious beliefs and practices.

Zen is not concerned with prescription or speculation. Buddhism is mostly concerned with practice, not belief.

Dogen Zenji encourages us to remove the barrier between self and other.

Buddhism does not believe in a permanent, unchanging self. Of course, each of us has forms, feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and awareness. 

Buddhism embraces a different worldview than most Western religions. Zen is experiential, not intellectual. 

On April 7, the Pragmatic Buddhist Book Discussion Group will be discussing "The Way" on a Meetup zoom call.

Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) attained enlightenment through the Noble Eightfold Path, which consists of right understanding, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.