Yes, you are right, I’m talking about a physical experience of the location of awareness. Right in front of your nose, no wait it’s in your hand, back in your chest, where is it. Close your eyes, where is here- can you keep breathing without here shifting? Where was here when you came out of the trance of your thought- maybe in your head, ...
“Why Can’t the Tail Pass Too?”
Case 38, A Buffalo Passes The Window
Goso said, ‘A buffalo passes by the window. His head, horns, and four legs all go past. But why can’t the tail pass too?’
Mumon’s Comment
If you make a complete about-face, open your eye, and give a turning word on this point, you will be able to repay the four ...
Letting Go in Action: the Practice of Zazen
I have finished at least a rough draft of Letting Go in Action: the Practice of Zazen. The draft never does explain why letting go in action should be considered the practice of zazen but does perhaps offer an explanation of what Gautama’s four trance states have to do with mindfulness of the body. I would welcome any comments.
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