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Yes, it is.
Zen is merely another form of man's "religion" or "worship" [or direction in which men's "minds; spirits" are pre-occupied other than upon their Creator; who is a "Jealous God" and who refuses to share the worship of His creation with any other].
Men call it: "spiritual enlightenment."
The Bible says: "...SIN IS the transgression of the law" (I John 3:4) -- the "law," being the Ten Commandments. The first of which is: "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me."
And that includes the "worship of the self."
Zen is what Satan [the serpent] instructed Eve to contemplate in the Garden of Eden. Not the instruction and Words of her Creator... but, in essence, to "look to herself"... inside of herself for the answers. You can't "believe" what God tells you -- HE's A LIAR! He can't be trusted. He knows more than He's telliing you... keeping the Truth from you, which you will find within you. Discover this truth... and you will become ENLIGHTENED -- "you will be your own god" apart from "Faith" and "Belief" and "Devotion." You don't need God and His rules. MAKE UP YOUR OWN RULES, and decide for yourself what's right and wrong; good and bad.
"'For God knows that when you eat of it YOUR EYES WILL BE OPENED [you will become enlightened], and YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD, knowing good and evil.'" (Gen.3:5 NIV)
Zen is the "worship of the self." And the "self" is part of God's creation, which He commands no man to worship... or regard in any "spiritual, worshipful" manner:
"...any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above[birds, bees, stars, angels, etc], or that is in the earth beneath [men, animals, trees, bugs, etc], or that is in the water under the earth [fish, mammals, clams, lobsters, seaweed, etc]." (Ex.20:4)
Zen is "SELF-absorbing MEDITATION" -- contemplation and worship of the self.
God inspired David to say this about "meditation":
"Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider MY MEDITATION. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for UNTO THEE WILL I PRAY." (Ps.5:1-2)
"O how I LOVE THY LAW! IT IS MY MEDITATION all the day." (Ps.119:97)
God delights in this type of "meditation" by men.
Although men tend to ignore the Word of God... our Creator doesn't mince words regarding man's "worship" of what He has created. HE FORBIDS IT!
God's "law" says the worship of the self... or any one or any thing other than Himself IS A SIN!
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In Christianity it doesn't matter what sin you commit its the same as any other sin for example to lie is just as bad as murder in gods mind.
