Thursday, 16 July 2020

Relaxed Intensity

Jōshū preached to the people. He said: "The moment you try to apply your mind this way or that way, you have already missed the point." At that, a monk asked, "And if I do not try to apply my mind-how about that?" Jōshū hit the monk three times and said, "I have betrayed your expectations, haven't I?"

IK Comment: Is it possible to be aware without thinking? How do we do it?



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