Gazing at Distant Mountains
Meido Roshi
https://www.shambhala.com/authors/g-n/meido-moore.html
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Also possibly of interest, discussion in Hidden Zen on terebess, pages 48-49 (free download):
Spreading Out the Vision
But what we should especially
understand as Zen practitioners is that overuse of focused vision
increases tension, internal chatter, and neuroses. Yet everyone, not
just practitioners, can relearn to spread out their vision. When we do
so, whole new worlds of living detail and movement open for us. We
begin to feel again that we are part of the space surrounding us
rather than isolated within ourselves. Truly, we should all regain this
original human way of seeing.
Despite the importance of using the eyes this way in Zen training,
it oddly seems to be among the orally transmitted details of practice
not always received by Western Zen students. I have even heard from
some Zen students that their teachers advised them to stare onepointedly at a fixed spot on the floor or wall, something that not only
causes eyestrain and fatigue but also an increase in gross thought
activity and tension. For these reasons I have placed this method
first among the direct pointing practices, followed by several that rely
upon it.
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- Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:12 pm
- Forum: Zen
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- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:05 pm
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Re: Wall Gazing
A practice that induces hallucinations ongoing cannot be endorsed or justified. Counseling may be needed to provide MH help if you are unable to mitigate, or are unable to discontinue. To develop a proper meditation practice, a teacher is the best option. If you do your due diligence, you may find s...
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- Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:56 am
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Re: A specific historical claim about the Soto tradition
Today in the rinzai sodos nobody is picking up problem of kensho, but just during obligatory 3 years of training it is almost obligatory to complete all koans of muji and sekishu. Nobody expects from unsui monks to have real kensho. This is difficult to accept or comprehend, especially with initial...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:13 am
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Re: A specific historical claim about the Soto tradition
Are you asking whether I can confirm a Soto teacher's awakening, or whether awakening is a goal in Soto Zen? Neither. Only a reference for Soto teachers who make worthy efforts deserving at least some credit for results their students experience (which could be of use to aspiring Soto students). I ...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:28 am
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Re: A specific historical claim about the Soto tradition
. But again, the notion that there's no awakening in Soto Zen comes up from time to time. In my experience, it's not true. Congratulations on your experience (unless this statement has misled as not actually firsthand/personal experience). Regardless, would you kindly mention the Soto teacher(s) th...
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Re: Music time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZQh4IL7unM&pp=ygUQdGl0byBveWUgY29tbyB2YQ%3D%3D Oye como va Oye como va mi ritmo Bueno pa' gozar, mulata Oye como va mi ritmo Bueno pa' gozar mulata Listen how it goes, my rhythm It's good for having fun, mulata Listen how it goes, my rhythm It's good for having f...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:54 am
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Re: My family worries that some Zen Buddhism feels like a “cult”
People with no spiritual practice often think anything involving devotion and discipline “looks like a cult.” Yes, it could be something like this. If they are not familiar with spiritual practice or eastern religions, they might find something simple as chanting as being "cultish" which ...
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- Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:20 pm
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Re: My family worries that some Zen Buddhism feels like a “cult”
By all means, persevere and show out.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:02 pm
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Re: My family worries that some Zen Buddhism feels like a “cult”
Hi everyone! I have been very taken by Zen Buddhism and particularly the teachings of Suzuki Roshi. His words have moved me incredibly. That said, speaking to my family about some of these topics and the story of Suzuki Roshi moving to San Francisco, the drama that eventually happened there…there i...
Re: True Frequency
Wisdom is bodhicitta. Bodhicitta means first the other. (my words) When you say "first the other", an interpretation per accepted definition is that you may mean "In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhicitta, is the mind (citta) that is aimed at awakening (bodhi), with wisdom and compassion for ...
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- Forum: Engaged Buddhism
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Re: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?
I had the privilege of employment at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) for 21 years (1976 - 1997), directly reporting, part of that time, to Robert Jenkins, head of the Science Department, and innovator of state heritage programs. These programs started out as privately funded inventories of U.S. biodive...
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- Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:39 pm
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: Recommended teachers who are genuinely awake?
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Re: Recommended teachers who are genuinely awake?
I do find value in his teachings, including what has been shared by him directly on this forum, as well as on Patreon.
(For perspective, my teacher was Eido Roshi of ZSS.)
Best wishes to you
(For perspective, my teacher was Eido Roshi of ZSS.)
Best wishes to you
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:30 pm
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: Recommended teachers who are genuinely awake?
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Re: Recommended teachers who are genuinely awake?
Hi, I am currently reading “The Three Pillars of Zen” by Philip Kapleau and I am blown away by the stories of the exact first-hand moments that people became enlightened. I would like some guidance on where to go from here. I have been on the spiritual “path” for 10-years, reading every book I can ...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:07 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Negative energy
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Re: Negative energy
Maybe 3. should be: admitting ignorance and learning humility. That's who and where many of the rest of us are, vs implying anything about 1. and 2., and the imaginary "you".master of puppets wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 1:23 pm 1- know who you are
2- know where you are
3- I'm working for the third stage; what could it be?
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:44 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Negative energy
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Re: Negative energy
This is where having a teacher comes in. do you think we are thinking -limited? like everything consist of us within our two dimensional linear thinking world It is a mistake to say that the world is "two-dimensional linear thinking". A teacher can help you past this. There are teachers a...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:47 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Negative energy
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Re: Negative energy
What truth?master of puppets wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:29 pm
What I mean is to be awaken from the dream doesn't prove the truth.