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My article “Letting Go in Action”, which I recommended to Koun above, I think resolves the language paradox.
I’ll summarize: 1) the practice in the Pali Canon Suttas concerns the relinquishment of volitive activity; 2) the singularity of mind mentioned in the induction of the states of meditation or the state of concentration (which ...
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, ...
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 ...