Quietly wading the rapids, you extinguish the sound of the waters.

In your positive samadhi, even the noisiest sounds, and the busiest activities are brought to an all pervading stillness.

Silence reigning all around, the song of the cicadas, penetrates the rocks.

This is the silent side of positive samadhi in the keen activity of consciousness.

Watching at leisure, you retain the tracks of the flying birds. Flying birds leave no tracks. Yet in positive samadhi you see them clearly, as if you were watching a slow motion film, in other words, when the first nen recovers its inherently clear and vivid activity, the present moment becomes rich in content, just as a dying man in his dying moments, sees scenes from his whole life, or a musician, who hears far more in a peice of music than an ordinary listener, virtually catches hold of the traces of the flying notes.

Reason can make contact with the outside world, only indirectly.. Direct cognition of the world is achieved through the intuitive action of the first nen..

Quietly wading the rapids, you extinguish the sound of the waters..

This is a paragraph from Setchos verse.. Case 6. Hekiganroku. Ummon's " every day is a good day"

The notes are those of Katsuki Sekida.

Submitted May 28, 2020 at 03:34AM by transmission_of_mind https://ift.tt/2TKhaUS