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.. There are many famous Zen sayings about mountains … such as this by the Tang Dynasty teacher, Ch’ing-yüan Wei-hsin (J. Seigen Ishin): 老僧三十年前未參禪時、見山是山、見水是水、及至後夾親見知識、有箇入處、見山不是山、見水不是水、而今得箇體歇處、依然見山秪是山、見水秪是水 Before I had studied Zen for thirty years, I saw mountains as mountains, and waters as waters. When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where…

.. ‘Thinking Non-Thinking’ Mind . is . ‘Ordinary, Balanced’ Mind . Sitting in balance in the mountain-still state, “Think the concrete state of not thinking.” “How can the state of not thinking be thought?” “It is different from thinking.” This is the secret of sitting-Zen. [NISHIJIMA] … settle into steady, immovable sitting. Think of not…

. ‘Non-Thinking’ … the Balanced Mind … not to be found by listening to words and descriptions (especially the words of a foolish nut who talks to fruit) … … Actually, the True Taste comes by tasting, one experiences Balanced Mind by experience, in Zazen and in all daily life. You know when knowing, you…

. The cartoon, below, about says it all … I think … Sitting in balance in the mountain-still state, “Think the concrete state of not thinking.” “How can the state of not thinking be thought?” “It is different from thinking.” This is the secret of sitting-Zen. [NISHIJIMA] … settle into steady, immovable sitting. Think of…
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