Shinjin jinenni datsuraku shite, honrai no menmoku genzen sen. Then [the consciousness of] body and mind naturally drops off, and the original face appears. [Nishijima] Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face will manifest. [SZTP] Press on arrow for ‘play’ .

Subekaraku ekô henshô no taiho o gakusubeshi, So cease the intellectual work of studying sayings and chasing words. Learn the backward step of turning light and reflecting. [Nishijima] Therefore, put aside the intellectual practice of investigating words and chasing phrases, and learn to take the backward step that turns the light and shines it inward.…

On the Zafu … and perhaps there come sensations of timelessness …the hard borders between self and world may soften and fade … you feel wonderfully at home in life … desire, anger, jealousy, greed all release their hold … And just then, your rational mind seeks to put words to it, to intellectually analyze…

Moreover, remembering the natural sage of Jetavana park, we can still see the traces of his six years of upright sitting.We can still hear rumors of the transmitter of the mind-seal at Shaolin [Bodhidharma], spending nine years facing the wall. The ancient saints were like that already: how could people today fail to practice wholeheartedly?…

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