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Saruman;123926
Hmm, it's just a relevant parable.

Yeah, right :)
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Specifically regarding the parable:
I think that Joshu (by the way, who is he?) meant not exactly an overload of the mind, but an overload of perception, an excessive focus of consciousness on a rational-logical level... And the development of the brain is irrelevant here...

I also think so, but... he has also grown a shell of this knowledge and looks at the world through this prism, rejecting everything else that he doesn't know.
He can no longer learn; he is dead. His thoughts have become ossified.
Saruman;123926
I think that Joshu (by the way, who is he?)
Joshu, also known as Chao-chou, was born in 778. He was a student of another famous Zen master, Nansen.

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Saruman;106096
I believe that the base should be combined with the sublime; self-contemplation and an enhanced perception of the world are certainly important, but simpler pleasures are also necessary in order to experience the fullness of the world. One should enjoy one's emotional states, but one should not forget about more material things, and besides, they are often interconnected.

Yeah, but where does one get a sense of proportion in these base pleasures? This requires a strong will, and simple pleasures destroy the will.
Not everyone is born with this will, so people can only live a base life; it must be cultivated through asceticism and self-restraint.
И страхи стали реальностью,а боль и страдания - наградой.Хотя и не благословенным началом,все готовятся к последнему СУДУ!
Днём и ночью от наших тел,можно слышать крики боли,из-за накопленных нашими душами грехов...