LAOLONG Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) I will begin with a German Jewish Philosopher martin Buber. When doing his PhD in Germany He was influenced by zen and Chung tze writings. Later on He was trying to find a Jewish Equivalent to tao/zen and He found it in the east European Jewish hasidic sect. The founder of the hasidic sect Was Baal shem tov he was a miracle worker. Before his revaluation he lived in the carpat Mountain doing solitude in nature Like a Taoist. He didn't wrote any book. In the hasidic sect God was einsof, http://www.newkabbalah.com/Ex Nihilo.htm nothingness energy, thy practice mind emptiness like zen (there is a saying in book yezira https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefer_Yetzirah stop thinking) and Solitude in nature .like Taoist werse Confucianism thy where in debate with Orthodox Jewish scholars. The hasidic saint hardly learned Didn't pray at time and worked miracle. Edited February 16, 2019 by NOONE 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rocala Posted February 16, 2019 Hi Noone, I did not know this. Buber was a fascinating man. Thanks for posting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LAOLONG Posted February 16, 2019 6 hours ago, rocala said: Hi Noone, I did not know this. Buber was a fascinating man. Thanks for posting. http://www.sunypress.edu/p-2344-i-and-tao.aspx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
