how I nourish this phoenix mind
Woodcutters and fishermen know just how to use things.
What would they do with fancy chairs and meditation platforms?
In straw sandals and with a bamboo staff, I roam three thousand worlds
Dwelling by the water, feasting on the wind, year after year.
How boring to
sit idly on the floor, not meditating,
not breaking through. Look at the horses
racing along the Kamo River!
That’s zazen!
wanting enlightenment is a big mistake
Zen mind is not zen mind.
Throwing away zen mind
is correct zen mind.
Don’t know mind
is no thinking and no thinking means
empty mind. Empty mind is before thinking.
When you keep don’t know mind 100 percent,
then you are already the universe, and the
universe is you. You and everything
have already become one.
an investigation of seung sahn’s seon
The Ultimate Path
is simple and easy — it is just a
matter of whether you abandon things
or pursue them. Those who would
experience the Path should
think deeply on
this.
this magnificent heart, born on this day
Do not go
about worshipping
deities and religious institutions
as the source of the subtle truth.
To do so is to place intermediaries
between yourself and the divine,
and to make of yourself a beggar
who looks outside for a treasure
that is hidden inside his
own breast.
If you want to worship the tao,
first discover it in your own heart.
Then your worship will
be meaningful.
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