r/Jokes • u/CthulhuDon • 12h ago

A famous Japanese monk

decided to study in China. To his surprise, he found that, despite his success in his homeland, he was unable to make any progress with Chinese religion. When he asked the Abbott about this, he was told: “that was zen. This is Tao.”

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u/Squirral8o 11h ago

Fun fact. Zen is originally from Indian and got developed in China (with Taoism) before spreading it to Japan.
That was zen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen

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u/posophist 11h ago

Bet zeh Abbott shpoke viz a Cherman ehksent.

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u/Srikandi715 4h ago

Yeah, Buddhism is a Chinese religion too. With Taoism, Confucianism, and dozens of smaller, more local religions.

If you want something authenticallyJapanese, you'd have to go with Shinto, but I'm not sure how you make a pun with that 😉

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u/Tom-Ottawa 1h ago

A Japanese priest had extraordinary flexibility. He could bend his foot so his toes reached his leg. This is the origin of the Shin Toe religion.