Zazen Notes

In one of his lectures, Shunryu Suzuki spoke about the difference between “preparatory practice” and “shikantaza”, or “just sitting”:

But usually in counting breathing or following breathing, you feel as if you are doing something, you know– you are following breathing, and you are counting breathing. ...  read more

Cuke Audio Podcast is an offering from Cuke Archives, “Preserving the legacy of Shunryu Suzuki and those whose paths crossed his,” plus a variety of related and unrelated material.

   With Guest Mark Foote

Follow Mark Foote’s unique way-seeking mind story and thought. Delve into it at zenmudra.com and at Zazen Notes on ...  read more

Gautama said:

“And I… at the close of (instructional discourse), steady, calm, make one-pointed and concentrate my mind subjectively in that first characteristic of concentration in which I ever constantly abide.”

(MN I 249, Pali Text Society vol I p 303)

Gautama’s statement implies that he did not experience “that first characteristic ...  read more