"At first, Linji studied Buddhist scriptures, with a focus on Buddhist precepts. After awhile, he realized that his approach was inadequate. He wanted above all to penetrate Buddhism's fundamental truth, so he went to Huangbo to begin his study of Zen. As one of the assembly monks under Huangbo, he practiced Zazen for three years with "pure and direct behavior." In Linji's third year there, the head monk said to him: "You've just been sitting. Why don't you enter Huangbo's chamber and question him?"
Source: Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition, Hisamatsu's Talks on Linji
Question: What is Zazen with "pure and direct behavior"?
Submitted November 26, 2018 at 02:08AM by NorthStarIV https://ift.tt/2OZU3Ra
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