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Toraldris · -`-,-{@ Zen Nud... Buddhist @}-,-`- · Veteran
Good night sweetheart, well it's time to go!
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Re: Shikantaza: easier said than done
Also your mind running riot is perfectly okay, so long as you're not running riot with it... remain the awareness that notices everything arising and passing, attaching to nothing, just sitting and w… (View Post)
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Re: Shikantaza: easier said than done
Shikantaza is Zazen, which is basically just Anapanasati without using an anchor (the breath). You can start with Anapanasati until you feel focused, and then let go of the breath and rest in pure aw… (View Post)1 -
Re: Shikantaza: easier said than done
(Quote) I think the method the teachers at Treeleaf recommend is to count the in and out breaths a few times if you have to, and then return to "just sitting" (bare/pure awareness). (View Post)
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Re: Brain rocks
If I was measuring or discerning such a thing as sentience, I'd probably go with anything that can experience pain and suffering. It doesn't need to be intelligent or self-aware or anything special. … (View Post)
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Re: What did my face look like, before i was born?.
Probably too much of an answer for the Zen master. :) They'd want utter simplicity, probably non-verbal if manageable. They don't want to hear an intellectual explanation, in fact that's exactly what… (View Post)
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