He advises to be the sound, says nothing about realising that there is no self, rather it is the result of becoming the sound that one abandons the subjective viewer. As the quote says: "The "me" that perceives the sound becomes one with the sound, leaving only the sound itself. This is emptying yourself"Matylda wrote:this is realisation of selflessness, or optiness of person or subject
one gives up all conditioning of the grasping self.. then you are the sound itself
So, there is still nothing said about how one "becomes the sound", if that is not simply concentration.
If with the realisation of no-self comes the realisation of the emptiness of object, then there is no point in differentiating the two.This is realisation of emptiness of object.. in deep realisation of selflessness you realise finally nature of all phenomena.
Since with selflessness comes objectlessness, there can be no such thing as realising only no-self.Then one attains complete enlightenment, not only selflessness of person..
There are other Soto teachers in the West besides the followers of Sawaki. Like the students of Shunryu Suzuki, Houn Jiyu-Kennett, Anzan Hoshin, Dainin Katagiri.Teachings of Shikan taza as it is popular in the West concerning sitting came in the XX century.. it was work of Sawaki Kodo..
See above. If the samadhi of selflessness means realising the emptiness of objects, then there is no difference at all. Also, it has not been clarified what else is "becoming the sound" if not concentration. Realising selflessness is not a method but a result.unspecified manner - no, it is in samadhi of selflessness it is not unspecified
Emptiness of self and phenomena is a general Mahayana doctrine, not a technique.shikan taza contains this 'double' realisation of selflessness of subject and object
Do you mean the two truths or the twofold emptiness? In any case, they are not methods.Two stages are in postion of madhyamaka of Nagarjuna
Maezumi says "become that sound yourself". It's not a realisation, it is an instruction to do it. Or do you think one can just do realisation? If yes, how?Dogen speaks about this kind of realisation