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. ‘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…

Okay, I really was tongue-tied for today’s sitting. So, here’s what I meant to say … If I don’t explain it, you might wonder just why this guy is sitting in front of a screaming TV, holding a banana; Some folks might guess that the loud, blaring “television” represents the busy, -thinking- mind … filled…

. In traditional Ch’an/Zen painting, such as these persimmons by Mu Chi … open space is as crucial as ink lines. Do not presume that empty space is empty … …. that silence is silent. … gotsugotsu to shite zajô shite, kono fushiryôtei o shiryô se yo. Fushiryôtei ikanga shiryô sen. Hishiryô. Kore sunawachi zazen…
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