Re: Burmese position and the delusion of attainment...
Remove the Zafu if you want some pain back into the game! :wink: :twisted:
Remove the Zafu if you want some pain back into the game! :wink: :twisted:
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In a spring outside time, flowers bloom on a withered tree;
you ride a jade elephant backwards, chasing the winged dragon-deer;
now as you hide far beyond innumerable peaks--
the white moon, a cool breeze, the dawn of a fortunate day -
Re: Burmese position and the delusion of attainment...
Could also use broken glass or nails to keep me awake!!
Gassho,
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Re: Burmese position and the delusion of attainment...
In zazen, every moment is a beginning, every moment is an achievement. Any sitting position should not become a habit, something taken for granted. We are invited to have a fresh and open look at the posture, not locking anything, fixing anything, but always exploring as life changes, circumstances and body too... Pain is not required but sometimes it keeps you awake. The balanced state, the original face, the ineffable ... we cannot put our paws on it, traps and snares cannot catch it as it is said in Dogen's Fukanzazengi. So we all have to accept that this very simple action of sitting on a cushion or a bench may require a lifetime practice. Travellers? For sure. We are endlessly exploring this little-huge corner of reality called the self.
gassho
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