2008/12/22 Luke Palmer <lrpal...@gmail.com>: > Andrzej Jaworski <hims...@poczta.nom.pl> > > First let me disassociate Haskell from Taoism...
> I associate Haskell with Zen... The relationship between Taoism and Zen is actually very close. The notion of "stillness practice" is essentially Chinese. Indian schools of meditation and schools of Buddhism not originating in China, tend to emphasize an /object/ of meditation -- a God, a candle, what-have-you. The practice of "sitting still, doing nothing" finds its way into Buddhism when Chan Buddhism is formed in China. It is an adaption of a Taoist practice with a long history -- and in fact, Chan was seen as a Taoist renewal. It is Chan that makes its way to Japan to become the Zen we all know. -- Jason Dusek _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe