When we reach
the ultimate stillness, we
joyfully become aware that this mind
of ours is empty, without any things,
and extends infinitely in
all directions.
Posts Tagged → consciousness
when you are sitting in meditation
When you are
sitting in meditation,
watch carefully to know when
your consciousness starts to move.
Consciousness is always moving and flowing.
According to its coming and going, we must
all be aware of it. To know there is
nothing to know is the wisdom
to know everything. This
is the Dharma-gate
of a Bodhisattva.
we demonstrate our consciousness
We
always demonstrate
our consciousness. We always
demonstrate what we habitually have
in our mind. What sort of mind have you?
Examine your conditions and see
what you are demonstrating.
This method is scientific
and infallible.
remain free and uninvolved
At all times just remain free and uninvolved. Never make any displays of clever tricks — be like a stolid simpleton in a village of three families. Then the gods will have no road on which to offer you flowers, and demons and outsiders will not be able to spy on you.
Be undefinable, and do not reveal any conspicuous signs of your special attainment. It should be as if you are there among myriad precious goods locked up securely and deeply hidden in a treasure house. With your face smeared with mud and ashes, join in the work of the common laborers, neither speaking out nor thinking.
Live your whole life so that no one can figure you out, while your spirit and mind are at peace. Isn’t this what it is to be imbued with the Way without any contrived or forced actions, a genuinely unconcerned person?
Among the enlightened adepts, being able to speak the Truth has nothing to do with the tongue, and being able to talk about the Dharma is not a matter of words.
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suzuki roshi on consciousness
To Shine One Corner of the World
A clinical
psychiatrist questioned
Suzuki Roshi about
consciousness.
“I don’t know
anything about consciousness,”
Suzuki said. “I just try to teach
my students how to hear
the birds sing.”