# Is Zen Buddhist Daoism?

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Podcast: [Zen Mind](https://stenobird.com/podcast/zen-mind-898115)
Published: 2026-07-09T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2170403/episodes/19465094-is-zen-buddhist-daoism.mp3
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Zen is an amalgamation of Buddhism and Daoism. But which way around: is it a Buddhism with a Daoist inflection, or a Daoism reinventing itself through a Buddhist lens? The question is practical. Zen can be sparse on how zazen translates into everyday life, as if appropriate action would simply fall into place once we sit hard enough. The Daoist stories have more to say. In the Zhuangzi, a cook's blade stays sharp for nineteen years because it follows the inherent structure of the ox; a swimme...

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