Introduction What does the Ukraine war have to do with Zen? A Chinese Zen Poem, which we recite, is called the Song of the Jewel Mirror Awareness, which discusses the true nature of Reality. One of its key phrases is, “The meaning is not in the words, but it responds the inquiring impulse. Hence the title of my humble blog, Inquiry and Thinking. How can we understand the cause and solution to the Ukraine crisis? So maybe all those years of sweat and tears as a Zen student weren’t in vain....
