Hello everyone,
just yesterday I read a bit which fits pretty well here. Its from the book Taigu recommeded "Zen Questions" from Taigen Dan Leighton, chapter Hongzhi, Dogen and the background of Shikan Taza, the "The Trap of Passivity" part, i quote only a tiny fraction of it:
"Just sitting can indeed sometimes degenerate into dull attachment to inner bliss state, with no responsiveness to the suffering to the surrounding world."
and just a few sentences later
"The meditation advocated by both Hongzhi and Dogen is firmly rooted in the bodhisattva path and its liberating purpose of assisting and awakening beings. Mere idle indulgence in peacefulness and bliss is not the point"
Gassho
Myoku
just yesterday I read a bit which fits pretty well here. Its from the book Taigu recommeded "Zen Questions" from Taigen Dan Leighton, chapter Hongzhi, Dogen and the background of Shikan Taza, the "The Trap of Passivity" part, i quote only a tiny fraction of it:
"Just sitting can indeed sometimes degenerate into dull attachment to inner bliss state, with no responsiveness to the suffering to the surrounding world."
and just a few sentences later
"The meditation advocated by both Hongzhi and Dogen is firmly rooted in the bodhisattva path and its liberating purpose of assisting and awakening beings. Mere idle indulgence in peacefulness and bliss is not the point"
Gassho
Myoku
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