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Tobiishi

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#1

Zazen is like _________.

04-23-2009, 09:55 PM

peeling an onion very slowly. slower than grass growing.

It occurs to me that my attachment to this body is entirely arbitrary. All the evidence is subjective.
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Taigu

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#2

04-23-2009, 11:01 PM

Re: Zazen is like _________.

Hi Tobiah,

Not even that. No analogy needed. Raw. Direct. Bare.

Taigu
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will

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#3

04-24-2009, 12:18 AM

Re: Zazen is like _________.

Zen is the onion.

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To save all sentient beings, though beings are numberless.
To penetrate reality, though reality is boundless.
To transform all delusion, though delusions are immeasurable.
To attain the enlightened way, a way non-attainable.
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AlanLa

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#4

04-24-2009, 03:39 AM

Re: Zazen is like _________.

Zen is like ______________.
Yes/no/sort of, but not whatever

AL (Jigen) in:
Faith/Trust
Courage/Love
Awareness/Action!

I sat today
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Dojin

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#5

04-24-2009, 06:37 AM

Re: Zazen is like _________.

Zazen.

I gained nothing at all from supreme enlightenment, and for that very reason it is called supreme enlightenment
- the Buddha
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