"Zen master for 28 generations was a man. And this largely continued after that" Are woman just searching for a male's idea of Zen?

essentialsalts: Good day! Thanks for your time to reflect and pose those questions. There are chemical differences in the body and mind of females and is why male's first instinct is to strike first and just look at how all cultures were formed...male wars...and so who knowes how the story would have looked. There are lots of anomalies a human could put forward to make a point but the world runs on the so called normal. Yes, male and female have subtle differences in ideas and how to approach problem solving but in the end in most sciences.. both would probably come to the same end. If both genders are represented equally in any searching or creation of spiritual thoughts than male or female wouldn't have room to complain but they were left out but the truth is, it is a male dominant world and males don't like their ego questioned. My friend, these are just thoughts that have no definitive answers because of how the species evolved....like.. what would the world look like if woman formed cultural life and gods.We will never know. It is what it is because we are still in primitive times and hate and intolerance still rules earth humans. Hope all your days will be good days!

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