Westerners attracted to Zen Buddhism's religious and philosophical principles often find cultural barriers in the language, symbols, and methodologies that hamper the daily practice of this Eastern religious tradition. Much more approachable for Westerners are Stoic principles, most of which originated in ancient Greece and pre-Socratic thought, paralleling the development of similar Eastern approaches to life and religion of ancient India and pre-Buddhistic thought. These core principles for living the good life shared by Stoicism and Buddhism can help the Western student of Zen better practice Zen Buddhist living. "Bear and Forbear," the essential truth of The Discourses by the Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus, provides the Western Zen practitioner with a culturally appealing "Two-Fold Path" to Buddhist enlightenment.