Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

The world and all the world’s things (you among them) … there, yet not there till our mind makes it so: 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…

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…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners