Zazen Notes

On The Dao Bums forum site, someone wrote:

 First jhana is concentration on the sensation of piti. There is still thought. I don’t think it is possible that thought and one-pointedness co-exist.

Gautama equated “right concentration” with “one-pointedness of mind”:

And what… is the (noble) right concentration ...  read more

On a forum site I frequent, someone wrote:

Even if you have no identity, you still exist. As what? The spirituality that I follow would say “as existence”, or “as pure consciousness”.

I was reminded of Nisargadatta, a famous teacher who lived in India in the last century:

You are not your body, but you are the ...  read more

Elysium said:

Hey Mark, how did you reach the lotus position? I can barely do half-lotus and how good I do it is a matter of question. I did notice however, that meditation quality is increased with half-lotus compared to good old cross-legged.

I started out cross-legged, too. I agree, it’s better with the knees on the ground.

I’ve been sitting ...  read more