Bill!, >THAT'S what I'm talking about!!!
Which is why we fail. Mike ________________________________ From: Bill! <billsm...@hhs1963.org> To: Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 11 April, 2011 16:48:33 Subject: [Zen] Re: Buddhist meditation practices THAT'S what I'm talking about!!! --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > > > > "According to Dôgen Zenji, shikantaza i.e. resting in a state of > brightly alert attention that is free of thoughts, directed to no > object, and attached to no particular content—is the highest or > purest form of zazen, zazen as it was practiced by all the buddhas of > the past." > > > > --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > Anthony, > > > > Thank you for your language lesson. > > > > For me and in the context of zen 'shikantaza' will always mean 'clear > mind'. The English phrase 'just sit' will also always mean 'clear mind'. > In fact the word 'zen' for means means 'clear mind', so when I say > 'zazen' I mean 'sit zen' or 'sit clear mind' - which is for me > 'shikantaza' I wouldn't think anyone associated with zen would think > that this included daydreaming or thinking about anything at all. > > > > Having said all that I have heard the term 'zazen' to also describe > sitting and working on koans. For me that's not truely zazen. That's > focused meditation and is a teaching technique used as a precursor to > zazen (clear mind). > > > > Oh well, such is the tangled web of words...Bill! >
