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    Contents Harada Roshic A Short Biography Horo to Do Zazen Questions and Answers Sutras pyright by Shade Hares “Trad by Pri Saran ih Tots YabSKictner Prise by Te Itt Zn Seni Hanne Unie, 8-1 Tbe Ming, Nabago-b, Kot Japon Birt ton 2010 “sBNre-4-98182-257-9 C0018 Printed in JADEN HARADA ROSHI: A SHORT BIOGRAPHY Harada Scichs was born om 26 Angus 1940 ia Nara Japan, to & ‘emple pret and his wif, He was thee third child and asc son; sh youngee cite, all gids, compeod their acm and loving Gay. He had ‘.noamal dood, paying with his younge sets and leading hem nto ‘he usual mischief chiliren get ino, ining devsing creative ways gst Inu the theaters fr fret view his pasion advent films. The temple ‘was poor andes were hand: there was no extra money for such thing. Although his father was an Osho-sn and he wos ried in a Ble ‘emple, young Secho was not inverted in becoming a Budi pie. Ae cl he was Snloted by rocker and wanted to become a plot. By his teenage yous he was ghinking of becoming a paycholapt, having by then developed a ken inersin he nature of he hussain This plan was to change acupely one day wher is athe asked him 1o dalvee something to Mydshini, the headquarter temple of his fly vemple Ia hitown words! se ery 0th beste wry eve. Uh top trough this pecker ef people 0 bard the as hon moe al the say tothe back As [did sal of sudden T cae upon someone who sruck me at mot una He bad meri proencr—there was seeing honour but hie. There be sas, an ld prin roe, wearing gles and reading a bok, et lowed with «pe flight. n comparison, he espe around bie ere ecg doen by ther songs ed cae 1 soe inthe le, ayo who dl’ ke Buin and led employ base of the circumance of bis tan yas deeply ove by thir inteligen-loking man obs weomed 0 dep and sland eh ae sch brighne of piri. Why di bee so dives from enerye ei om the ba? I bad ener met perso lik this ere, and ol fig ou what ws siping abou im, Tere oa asin or bag pin. eyed vente contnue, sinking that eps cand pres were rely not appealing, when al ofa sudden this myn pero pens whl this got dept ho as bv apes. Why wv he chon this ay of ering hima Ta iru by is man aed the question be as preting to sme by his sble peer, that when se pre ga of 1 lowed bi Ie neon tha bie porns, Yada Mason, was on his ay Rein, small Bada empl in Myc 1 fle bie right co he gate ind sbi goin. ‘Yamade Mumon Rosh was a Zen maser inthe Uneage of Teny0-j an dae abr of Shift in Kobe. Mumion Roshi vas aso the abboe of Relua-in, aaub-tmple of Myéshin- and president of Hanazono University ‘the Rinzai Buddhist ulveray the young Hada would son ated, ‘ection thar made me rei bow ive my ndensanding of Badia Fh tee whole ape ofthe iin sas knew nothing about. Despite growing up in the vomple world I had surmed my back on is eching I dob would ever bave bcome a monk fT ‘id wor mes Maraon Bash, Beane of him sf the fit tie hw ‘he nner quality of porn coe sine forth fom his ene beng and wished oko ore aot te teaching tha 0 amined Maron otk, ‘While young Harada was attending Hanson University his fer i, and his older bother took ver she ally temple in Nar. This fed “Harada co choose his on path in i. Upon grating From uv be Jalen fot, ove the mountans ad uvough the Frere —to Shai Jin Kobe, and became a mon under Mmon Roshi. He was given the ‘monk name Shi HE (Te Way) He tained bard at Shofku}, doing many imensive weeklong reeats(esiin). However, afer one partelar shin he elt completely sated with his ind sate; though hl boes tying very hard he ei Ind relied hensho, After wo father years of ites rining and ill 1 keno, he sought out Mammon Rosh oa his permision to eve the monastery, He wanted to go int the mountias ta practice alone until he aaned awakening, he sid, Mamon Rosh sid nothing bus looked st him fora few moment den asked, “What wall happen ifyou dont reine leensho? “Lone come bac und do was the deters rep. He wa siren permision to go Camping in the mountains between Hlzoshima and Shimane Prefecture, he st zazen Tong and hand, desemined to somchow break though. How mach time pared, he did not koow. ‘hen one Suey a “hoe you = Budi moold Answered in the alrmatve, they ‘commented, “How fortunate you at be able wo pratie all ay ll Weck Tike thst We have to workin the wold so we only ave his one day in which ‘co came up onto de mountain and chane the Badd name” Suddenly, iscsi al of ny bards had ppd ifomvon bit eon the bc and eething steed ti. Lied ig then the ithe bon making nd ironed wnt back tthe monarg “Tht om the mont relied hat thr warn lf be babe hed ben rthng yl and mang mpl mele worrying abt ‘the problonof ring enlighenmen, whem nf twa found in the Big of ey singe del Erin wonld comet me coc if ising ad cs yng cat my ose prolem. Nov inte yl pom moni, ie of fom eens tring thee cy aright myo al tae of nnd, bt go and be whore day rough meth war pact ed sh grein of relight since Laie hat, my whl if har Ben comply dirs. hw hr ne pole for af bce ees oe het fil tha thee problem ‘When Ia ack fom the mountain Linc tha ha hd do sth my fe ie aly wid de pape of ringing th ost ler roe tthe pope An thal rely ene deta sun fat 1d bm cing fm he ening, bs 1 sie ino amal, git aT game tthe ma fr ony my com enlightenment ita ben am ereon ofp But bec of ba ‘been able to sich to thas enter purpose, exon to that greater Sef hat ad wok odo ti sword Afro my zen was very efron. Before when Vat I wea de 0 wha heay sms of lf Now Fave thar at al, ut le iy siting as thong os bing Sie srouh by amober grea emery For the fi sime my ees wl move daring zen ut woud be deca ito ‘he flor where Twat looking. Daring hinhin walling mediation my 96 wold bean int te place as loking and I wold fel ike looking around. Ths went on forever day, bringingme apace whee eve answer ans uh fase The bins thas ad been esting me wee he anor. eae bowen Toul understand what my teacher was eying, The ean: andthe words I eve when [pase the haan eomedebsious 0 me and I end grap shir meaning ery quickly Isat ighly and energetic an dis fel eae anor, What ad happened men ‘the mountain ad armed ny i round Hands Shido prcisal st Shot for teary years One day the daly abhor of Sogenjl called on Muman-rosht and roquestd succesoe forthe temple Manon shi chose Harada Sh, andi 1983, Dnving tected inka, Harada came wo Sex teach, Some yee Iter ‘be Journey co the Unltd Stats to teach, lading hie ft eesti there In 1989 for the group hae evenly abled Tahoma Ségeni Zen Monastery 0a Whidbey Iand, Washingron. A few yea Later he Began ‘ewvelng © Buope, wha the suds praiclng under him erent bbozme the Hokuoran Sogenjisaaghs Each year he gost southern India See Cee) Oe AEeeeeCee cece odhidharma, Groups of hi dete have speung up all ove the word since then. Truly Ivng de tle Zen Maser, he docs il ofthis in avon to ‘epg a extremely fill schedule oF raching and sesh at Sopenj Hes uty dticted to keeping he Buda Dhara alive at is mos profound ley, What fllos inthis hook ac his instructions for Zen practiiones wef no only to beginners but wold anda well How To Do Zazen Tei dificule day 29 know what to bale in Inthe past people could pat their tat in God, but coey how many of us know how to ener the dozp sate of prayer in which we ate tu able to seas and believe? ‘Although most people put cei thn scence many of ws sense division bexwcan chi and the world of lilo. Religion pasuppases something the ‘snot measurable with our senses, something tats only an del or abel whereas science believes only usage that cam be measured and proved “Te difference berwcen thse two world views ofen caus gia sense of cons. ach of sis dieene, Wehavedifeenthopesand plans, and dfesens, “unknowable sates of mind Alehough thee things cannot be measured they avery ta, giving cach of us our own individual. Through zen we ate ‘ach able to return our own partcalresence, to beoome compleely who, ‘we are Tis een tothe que place within this ting go ofall extemal sectons to setae Yo ou eign nner space this men, Ti ery Jinportant co know chat by practicing zen we ae ntti wo beeome al alle nse, ze allows each pean to became wha he ors erly Because what we examine in zen sour own self he fs ting we ‘must do is align our physical body to achieve a balanced, stable posture, ‘Once our physical posure i aligned we ate ale co go deeper within and sli our breathing, whic connects everthing within Then, ging one step Fartes, we align our mind. ‘Dug our dally ives we ute our bodies to pesfatin whatever actions sue appropsite forthe various actvts wee nga owen toa ofthe time we ze oF euch with tr oom ply ener Jc ade in cele wskthe mote they need 10 think and concentrate with their rsna-—the mor likely i thither The more people us is nergy, wil to thee heads. In addon, weal ave various physical Iubis, ingrained ways which we ws our bis, and se iden bon how things should be done. Al ofthese habis and routines afer the way in which we center an balance our bodies x we move trough the diy Duaing ranen, her than desing ove conciousness outward ad copoping ou bodies in external actions, we sit sill and Jol inward at what we tally re, For thar eaton the way in whlch we balance ourees physically is very importane Iie ey to look at oer pple and sce whether thle posture i well aligned, but to know for yourelf when your postre i coxect you muse be able to fel» seme of complete lance and centsenes, fee of aby Feavines. ‘This the most importane aspect of the physi posture im Ts express anther way, we can Took at dhe human body in ems of wo sepa hale: fromthe wait up and from the wala down, Ta the top halo che body ll of our snes ond our thinking sites ore lasted the tue ofthe top fal ofthe bay to pescive things. he bottom hal the bay eam che waite don, he cee four ie energy he nate of ‘he boron alfa the body ito be stv and energie ‘Theresa ae from olden es about «ch man who wanted a thicd oor eesidence to that he could be higher than any of his neighbor, ‘When the carpenters arrived they naturally begun construction from the bottom for. When the ich man sw tise hse angry anasto the ‘pent, “Tid I wanted a hit loot residence oI dont nea anything do, js the third or. Why should waste ly money building the bottom oor ‘We nigh a ths story, but f we look nly we se that eis ts “We wane w have widow or ear ight but mes ctl ignore the bottom floor of that proces he proper alignient of che wy that enables us to realle these dhlage. The body is something we often done want to del ‘wth. Ye forthe brn, our senses, our thoughts, and our perceptions 10 ‘work corel the bedy the news oF ou energy he eho y center and balanced, Because prop poste itso etal, any explanation of zen mu begin with a dessiption of ts physi aspeca ‘Aswesit on che ground with our log fla la fone of us, the lower tk te nly carved nwa, ‘This every important. Ifthe lowe back is slumped then the head wil ean forward, burdening the back and neck vl be wall snmsce When the lower back ie ouved inward th balanced om op ofthe ack and wil no fe hey. Tuning the guze downward, keep your ye open. Kmight sem esr vo concentrate withthe eyes Shut, but in ice lasing che eyes encourages dowsinee and oarancous thinking, In tuning the yze dowsorand, we nec tobe ene no lower dhe ein but co ep the ead wel entered and Balanced onthe nok. Tes very importants compel lt goof any enslon inthe upper half cheb. In onder todo thes so that you are sturdy centred ia the lower half of your boty. The eset way to mntina wellcenered posure ‘sw siin liber tell Sons ree halon poston since this postions failtte good balance, Sing ctoslegged te not the only possibly ower Irs abo posible remin alanod, with the cee af ravi in the lower half ofthe boy, when sting la a chai oe when sanding. Pople ‘who ind icicle wo da azn in siting ors sanding potion can even do lying down. Whetherlyog ona bud or standing on the floor keep your {oat shoulda? wih spat andl por your hand comfy by your hips, singin a cha with your lps ighly separate, Dont len sale ‘the back bur ap your spine sight, ppored fom the cee of de body rather than bythe bac of the ce Although isn necessary to in ful ous, this pon she best way to maintain «able pare fo long petiods of time. Ror sting in 2 balancod way ik preferable o place both ft, her than just one, {op ofthe thighs, When string in fl oases imporan thatthe ols af thee face pad ‘Onlinaly our fc Face downward and eouck the ground, whether wee sanding, walking, oF sing in chai In orr tf! the Fella of the univers, however, ie nportane at ems co sam the et towand the evens, When the position of our eis coect we afte Bow ‘oF erough thems whe tis wrong che ow of i wl be disubed (lm oder to ait se Bow oft odinay eines, many people recommend walking euch apostle with bare fac, since | diet contact withthe ground promos the snovement of through) ‘When iin il lots te alow cushion Alex sising ft curve my lower back ear, thn silt ey bly Forward 9 a toon my weight beowon ny leg BT doi if my body fora in thie way ica co ge ny kgs into the fl lous pon. Whe singin lf leas its beter toe lig higher cuthons. ‘Then, jut in fil lors importa tha he Lower bac be sly sete. A god way to do shite to push eh lomer back outwards before caring, it femly inward. "then see the abdomen with a few deep, rane breaths. ‘tentfinn (One more important poine that we should lighely tense he anal sphincter mile, not piling ser in gh, bur keeping the ara below the taone aight tat This sey pine vo imparting a proper sense of ‘autnes tothe whole body: When the body ie posioned comet i feck saucy fly rand 1 exer have a staight back. We al ave different habs of posture, but sing with sumped back makes i diel oe he to ow smoothly. Yul sce this ery cleanly i you at for 2 long ie and notice were you fe pain. Jfyout lower back hr, it means that chis par ofthe back is slumped ousnard ether than being curved in Ifyour shoulders are tems if boese your nee and head are bent frwads IF your upper back lichind your ung is pif ts bens your sto ter, whic, in sur, indices that you ae noe applying your enegy wry enough in zazen, To be vivid in applying your energy means, physically, ro be slid ea and cone n your posure, and, meatal, ce iid ware of what you are doing. “The parcalae method shat T fen ws osc ci i fet ro iin theway I describe above, curving my back inward an pushing my abdomen Socal so that my weight i catered Berwcen my ey and 2 very firm posture is stashed. dea bring awareness eo ce gest flow of Fi that mes fom the talbone the bortom ofthe back upto therop of the ead. “This I talc wih Ki, which has the ff of increasing the energy flow. Jus eating shout this deca necessary mean that you wil beable doi ‘immediate you wil probably have t er for yourself how iis done But you pererere,withowt fl you wil uecead. ‘We reliving beewcen the Ii of the eath and che ki of che esvens, and is 0 ou bene co make as mech ater posible of the Ki ofthe Ihavens. Sight your spine by vsualing a wave of energy moving up aligning one verabra ro dhe next, ies. You dot evn have align your spine al the way; yu just agin shis monemen, che enexgy moving upward aligns the spine of tslé IF you practic his yo he ale odo git quickly and easily, -Asyou align your ack in hie way, you gee Feing tha youre being pala up imo dhe evens by you backbone And shen avery cui thing Ihappens. Your spine naturally assume x proper ligament, in which ll of ‘he tighten your shoulders te sles la your nek, andthe pani your back spontaneously releases Al ofthis tension the upper back pin, ‘he ht shoulders, che sit nack—comes from the stagnation of ki inthe body. When you alia your back and stretch ic upwards chen shat stagnant able too ey, allowing your body co eax. Sometimes in your sting yout lsing tothe lft ot the right ‘without beng amare of: When yous ifyoute beng poled up by your backbone your body will natural align iself with your cene of balance, nd leaning o one side or de other will ao longer bes problem. “Thisis why alway entinawarenct of my spine when beginning, a petod of men, Te never weghed mel ates particle me 3 cat be cxrtan, bur T havea definite sense of geting ight. In addin, Ihave unl he iT do this pad stretching of my backbone sever ines al of ‘he pin in my lp dsspeaes 1 we have 2 ot of sagaaton in our physical ody and gh phces whee the energy is aught, then ie only toe expected hat wl ve ‘many stuck places in our mind as well. Much of our extraneous thinking comes fom our essay no lowing smoothly IFyou tense che upper hal of nt body then al of our energy wil go into that effort, Howeve, if you ‘ep centered in your lames hal and propel align your back, your energy wil flow fcly and youll the upper hal of your body becoming loose ane elored, "Ths tk impo 10 aay Kop your spine staighe ad let ofthe tenon inthe upper pat af your body: When you gt dof hae stagnation and relax the placs sat are ens, you discover that many ofthe blockages in your mind abo becomeloser and more id. ‘Once the bly propel aligned, we cam ea ur atcnton 0 our Ircathing, Beating, of cour, is somthing we ae almays doing we stop for even a few minster we die, During aren our beng must be open espasve, and elated, We wane t9 lengthen our exhalation, but without erating any sghinss oe tension in the diaphragm aed without resting our breathing to dhe ches How do we go shout bringin chs deep and expansive way? int fal it help to wear loos icing othing tha dvs not const de body ‘ot your cretion in any way. Next, when you exhale et your breath out completely unl your ely i at Inthe beginning you can put your hand com your abdomen in order to get a beter sense ofthis fatening process, ‘uth i ly neestay since the abdomen wil fatten natuzlly a you Filly cable, Ae the very end of the ehalaton give wo smal gee pushes. “This nota fon, bu ene poshing co make ste char al of the ait ts out, Afer exhaling completely thar’ no aed to consinuly Bein the inhalation—you boy will macully desire oxygen and che inhalation will occur naturally ‘When we breathe wel simply connecting che alr outside our body and she sir nse ou boi the same ar hat moving in and out, As ‘we became more familar with breathing lke dis the connection becween the outer ar ad the ner ano longer imply 2 metal image nd we uci expetience how we ae blag gen lif Tn order ro breathe in his ‘may its necessary to relax and open upthediaphrage, open up the cht, and open up the neck Beate a if your boy were an empey pipe: Siar by opening your mouth, which loosens your neck muscle, You ca then consciously open up theatea of your chen the rea of your dapheigm td the aes of yoor abdomen, Ifyou open all of thee aras when you brethe you wil fel the coaneesion between the arn your body, the ae of the stmonphere, and the ai ofthe cuire worl, Then che body ely slike an empyy pipe Tecan be lpi to exp the mouth open fore rt few brats, but fier tha it should be kept closed, OF ens we naturally er inal through the nose anyway, which i prea since our marl passages te designe to moisten the se and heey apres ut ewe can allow che exhalation ro go ou fil pin we dost ned 10 puch o fore in any way; the breath lows ou oF is on econ, Because ‘he bois ike an empry pipe our abdomen became ft when we exhale to due very end and when we naturally inhale. When this breathing uly develope ican ike up to a minute for every las bie of ato gp completly ‘outand then another mle o ata inhale alehough it des noc ave tobe di long, “These no ned wo make some kindof pel practice out ofthis Just lee your exalt fow out completely and che allow the inhalation to flow in. Open your nose, Open your throat. Open your chest. Keep your sense of bing ep td become like pipe. When you ty it for yous youll understand dhe fing, Then when ou inka you wil begin wo notice 1 ding of tutnese in ou lower abdomen ae fl As you continue with your breathing, cateflly exhaling completely an inhaling anual, youll icone thar your abdomen el Filer and fuller and auter and autem tha your center, your sande, booming very frm an sey. yay mportant ofl this te Fleas your conden. The toner te one of dhe cemes of the nervous stem that affects he dsibuton of hormones in the body, and thar car lc the balance ofthe ene physical body, Among oder shins, breathing no the sanden simul the Forse ia dhe in that help with concentration. The more you practice this complet exalaion and maintain an enegstic and atemive focus on your breathing, the clearer and more concentrated yu become “When we experience his fing of being ences in the tndon we omen toa deep sense of Being sled, of being where wee supposed: be fede avery grounded, deeply vet eling—a qu, all embracing, slant state of nd in which we can forgive and acep all people. We ‘apeiene thie not heease ofa conscious fort to liven 2 compassionate ‘way, but case this kindof esp compassion comes eacurly when wee tal and entered. We realest of mind shat enables sto peeve hinge dsely and ecsive everything that comes long just a I 165 no loager rif wre observing nelson in a looking glass. Rather, we see creything died “Ths i the pone of commonalcy chat exss between zen and al ofthe Japanse aarti ace and various arise pas. Among the various practices that are taught to help students excel at hese ares, one that Le slags proven i iat of deelopag, tugs ethig th all, ut ate inthe lower shdomon tha Ides. oper behing poids pe a for our brain and our who bing sed deelopn abundant sate In which ‘we wale whee ou lens ean how bet wo mplayer, Wi the evdopmen of able cmecolnes wes the most pprprinte way to rele cchstotion and coch peo‘ bs way 0 apoach cch nk su the most ficient way to employ cach ol cme increasingly cl ‘Our work grey improved, and wee able wo Faction wih «peer clay han oe ble. In this wa, Bing able co rahe i aa 2nd pe manner fewer a sere of pacounes. Were the thing that come cou wh ss opennes ofiind and see deal how ba spond to eveything tat comes lng witha eng of emersnes feof al enson. We no loge cay hard ht we sten wp, making even oe die. Aatheceerof you being slower in your body and your ind comes mor: open you wll at nding the ends doughs die fn youre. Is no ux tying t mpgs thm. A ete approach 0 Foca counting your bets (practic kno a bb), which wl lp you mula concetntion an not rt aight up in ideas. Wich cach ouc-reas coun a single number condauing on on ten and then ‘sul 0 one sin. relly the number wl hecome pst of she flow of your breathing and you wil no long nel count. Bat in she pinning, counting your wl ip you esp your ney gathers, yourtnind de and your atenon fod 0 your behing, Keeping emcenraal on cach umber, rene ou, ang somaplly, and then Inhale narualy. Keep your focus on the counting without allowing any spaces or gaps berwen dhe ambers whe thongs can sponcancoly rush in Ax you keep that rene ye concentrated foes fon snake, youl find your mind becoming qucter and lt incined to cling to stything external The Fistest and mose det way to become ‘centered and quiet is carefully and asendvely keep your avarenes on ‘ach eth and ot sll ito wander ewer. Ifyou do tha and only that, withouc allowing any gap twee the breaths and without clinging fo them in enue and ight way, you wll quickly come to Know a dep, ir pice, ‘A the sme ny 4 my teacher would aways tell me, we cans be sna hur I ke ling up a becker wid water, dep fier drop afer drop, ‘or blowing up & huge balloon one beth afer another, Beth counting must be done in a mechanical oranomatc way. Applying our acenton with gest cae to act and every Breath and each and every number the locket gly fils up uote reaches he pot where one more day op wil bra he suri tension and sil dhe water out: Or dhe balloon gets lager and egher with cach breath unl ial bases, You mus main verse of the breathing to his pol “Tie someshing cht anyone ca do, sae i basically the natal reo of physi activ LE me apply dhe body inthis way hie whae wll slays happen, noe something shear, or actly thar only evtain people are capable fe ie mor ke matheratcal equation: if we apply attention tothe brah lang enough, the “buck” wil evenly spill ove te the way, me nu az ha filet sate of min in which ie 1s slmose imposible for extraneous chinking vo enter. We become rot thoroughly present. Because this cut energy fils us so completely, there is pce nu arenes or any Hea of ps of ie to exit, We sn jst one moment fee penta another, When wee inti deep ste of mind the’ no need think sous dog good nd voting ort crs notions ede unveal atre of ling, We become 10 doughy woalyabvbed fo dhe prosne wamene that no decisive thinking cn pons enee Tn the end, noting oersary but the diet peepion ofthis se, Zan nc & mater of thinking abot mind, but oF owing the ceapetence of mindful Dung lng with he and eat ener cr imind one afer the other, th she thoughts ofthe pst and fue dhe concn sx, nocszen Some people comet sane whe iage what “ui” or othingne?” and then ate to en seconde wih a Image. Sins uch image ae snp often thiaproach lead ober. Our minds oily gue, 0 fe prod nye of vac qui i we aiedy pt an eta ayer on top of hi original quis, something hat cn ner be te gui. ikewse, fom dhe aig hee is opment xine of pil body Ire eet ny concep yi body that salen ne sep aay om what we lye en Mase Taku was he Zen tach of Yggu Maeno one of ‘he grees aero the word [a he les tht Tua wrote o Vag ‘expres profound chins on wht swordamaship and sen have amon. The let ar clad The Prfoend Teaching ofthe od Mind Ce womoved ip ie sometines rendered i Bgl a “the need mind), An unmoved nd docs noe mean a mind hat doit voor Ic nor ind da sagan and do ane dha immobile like me ora rock Rather an unmoved mind ia mind chats noc fed amyuere hat doce top and linge ia aay one place. This mind is bays in motion becawe fe ere ataches to anything, Th, pradoneally i che we meaning of “wemoving nad ‘When wear his we ay think dat is early pre to hase ‘mind sha is over stopped by anything or thar never adheres w anything Inc, ite very simple and straightforward. we loka it ear wel ke thar even a bby has his ype of mind In the mind of baby chet sn ar of eing killed, or ofromething ‘eile happening Inthe mind of baby ther: ne ex laye of expectation added onto bate perce. in noc sang chat aaby isthe same things kendo masts, ofthat baby ica mace oF fe Bas what sie hallows 2 tutto persive cach hing ey? Whar that makes us unable wo lve ‘in his state of ving? fs ot chat we acquired 3 new mind inthe procs of rowing older—dhat i not pile. Wete all endowed with this mind of tay, but weve accumulated so much extraneous bageage that iro loge sccoble to us. Wee gathered concep dea, layers of conditioning, ‘various expelenes, and rainalInerpreations of those expences. Ta oor original mind we muse completely lec go fal his utr incl Zen the grea Chinese Zen mares who ved in dhe nth centr describes thie mind baby ace sutounded by whe ha chrce hows fet long, Theis Rims description of someone who is ble to mani the purity and clar-niedadaes of baby while atthe same time pronestng a exp understanding of society Such person dell xpotenss his or he orga mind ut ha seen enough af ifeo know how to ac with eaponsbiy, “Rafiis «word ch used in Japanese co tlk about practice, but eis a diicue wd wo taut into Hh, We wally rasa is “ecive laventon. Kit dseibes, for example, what cafispenple do when ehey come up With inventive and creative mew ways to accomplish ther work, oc so much by going chrough a ational planning proces but by naturally and spontencously working things out as they do them. For example, in the olden diye remen, in oder to espa fief baring ut of contol ‘would sometimes have to getup on the oof of « neighboring house and beak down lhe eso often ineatonallydestoy the este bowse—in conde eo keep the fire fom spring through the neighborhood. Whar one oes in a station lke ci when one as wo decide inthe moment hawt accompli something i fi. To noc have the lightest extraneous cough ln ourmind buco do uhar wate dlog with eveything we are and with ot ie onthe ine this i fie In chesame way, it snot tue practice iy ae wage and iy inthe ‘way you do nanen, Practices not about iting «compromised way hall ‘cusing and half inking chou something ele Prsce x abour throwing yours ino whatever you ae dong wotally and chroughly and giving i eying you have. We dost use out etlanal,dvsive brain shinking, show good and bad and Jos and gain and separating beeween self and. other dong sis kad of eat and inventive Ay, or when doing swholeheaned varen Tn thissense,thestateaF mind ofa baby coll be considered a religous staf ming, Science tellus at when a baby eaches sateen moths, fr the it alec know what “oe” means. And shen a emt the months i able to perceive wit “wo mens, When i knows what “one” means, itl ee verytlng t Amida, a Buddha, No matter how cerible ‘orbow god a person is, 0 matter what he she night have done, 2 baby sex ec pron at pat ofthat “ome” Bu when the aby an presi “we everything booms septs, When this happens cilden sear wo bere conditioned and have eadnal thoughts shout things ‘The work oF ax {sto rota us to hat mind oF one", where we sc eveything equally and without any sae of tings beng divided into eo, witbout our cational nin inking in dale way, From there nize sees ur ees Ger ack to che original mind of ero Its often said in Badhism chat we ae all eignallyendome wih ‘pest, round bright ator md, mln cha velcs everything The ‘esence of dhe great bright minor mind is the same ar the emence of a newborn baby's mind, which recs every exaedy a5 I ust a @ ior mils everyting har comes before i without Judgments, vit ovexpecatons, 1 can imagine people thinking, “Whats so good about having dhe ‘mind of «baby? What we i tha for ascomplihing things the word? How caning ind ee af sind ofa baby solve the many problems wee Facing today?” This the Kind of ching aes when we eoncepuaize shout sing Such mental busy-nes aes with every new thought 1 do nor mean, of ene that we should ignore a reise wo use the copabilits ofthe ronal ming, with its many wofl powers of thought, Insight, and denon making What Fm sing chat with veatd to our geal mined there’ ashing that needs co be thought about or analy onal, In nase we ane tying to inlletuallyandentand the great bright mitror mind-—wellowing ouselvesto bit, Wedo nota images ‘onto what i actualy is, As we experience this laity of mind we understand ‘hat anything we've evr thought about it, any wondefl ides we've crt fad about it any plate weve hal reflecting upon all of thew ae ere shade passing i rat of the yet bright mir The mio uel, reflecting things eal as dey ae che ginal mind, “When we dicdy encounter this mind and know the awareness shat comes forth from it, dhen 20 longer ean we pretend shat the things and ‘eas we have Ben holdingon to are anything but shadows shat obscure out svateness, We realize shat anything we capereac, anything we ing and come pare of our if, regardless of how rea ie may seem a the mowent, {m0 moe than a phansom compared co the perepeon of thie great bright ‘ni ind, When we ee how epicmerl these ching sre, we teal how poise is to he atachad them, ‘When we rie thi mitorike mind and persne things exaly they ae, we respond quite matunly to what i infront of us without suing exca les of opinion and judgment. We ace appropiate, with sm nee soap and Yoner what might be the bast way 10 del with parculeskuntion, When wre ble o respond sponcancnsly in this way then weno longer worry shout our actions, congraclting ounces when wee effective and blaming ourselves when we fl. We no longer have ay lingering thought sour the smal sand how performed. Whether wee ried or inal it ends with tht, enn i we been made a complete fool of When ifs gone, i jus gone, his i our orginal and tue wate of mind, ‘When we dot cling to Bia dea about things we can move and ‘respond naturally and feel. This may seem dficul, bu even the Mea shat Ide difcue is nothing but a shadow, ‘As Master Ik sid how sl ii that eich day after bith a baby move arte away fom being Bld, We mst refine ha this i eely ‘what ie happening a we accumulate cones ad opinions and all sos of ‘chor onioning and sheeby move fanher and fares away for out xii, cle ind, The ene purpose of zen eto hep thove who donot ish to Tv this way, an who theca choose ro do something that will enue thes eo this iin min, (One canna know zane, went by sng eating or reading about 1 and atempting co understand ic nels. Thoughts about what i night be ie of mental Heazatons of re worthless. The zen posture and breathing Ihave boen desbing must be physically practical and ‘experienced, This wonder body of our, propel used and aligned, can help wr grt in elesing cur mental tensions and abstractions, and out ‘sce of beth somethingnto which we canes ousees Bu just owing thi ait en. We have © use and give life wo the body and rah “Throng razen we cone co know tha our body and our breth ze ‘not ected 0 ou nvidol seves bate huge ad al-embracing and the source of oar very extence. When we align dem we ae no longer aug by seems ideas, or do we become ial or gc entangled in unimportant matte. Seeing hat dese things are ere shadow, Ws an caller thom go, Is boomse we have never experienced out oigial mind with all Four being tha we cling to conorpt and ideas and cannot eg Aligning our physic posture and ou breathing helps us ser the wane of hens sacows ani fr ound of dhe bonds hey Impose on ws. “These are those who think tha hiss far to dficl, chat they would ether ve a plesant, earygoing life jst the way they ae. What» tragedy to decide chat cist woah making the effre awaken to ou great ind, ce tho al af a pons it andar capable of owing and ving ini, ‘Once avakened we can peeve whatever appeas befor us, wheter bea Buda ora god ora devi cacy ar it i The our ong ind, Please dont let anything Te sald haxome aed dinractons for your aren But perhaps, iF yout no ling fies and awake in your practice, say advice maybe of some help. Thac i why ve explained these tings in ach dra QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q Whe 1 20 breathe all te way ont I afen fel stance in my ches na lange What cae lo a ouch times exhale more deeply? A. When you el consid In your chest and Ings and at having shard ine exhaling compere ia sgn tha your diphragr tense For many of us sch esion I chonle the res of years of habitual ightnes ‘in that ara, andi eam he very felt co raat tghmes.IFyouve ‘re to relax and ill have shat one exhaling completly ying dwn and relaxing 3s shoroughly as you possibly an. "Then do your extn very ery gen) Let the aout bu don push out Tie inportane {et yourelf exale ee by ie, without any Fore. Rela ily and breathe ‘with the eng of the a owing gently through the diaphragm, jas le ata cme and withou any force all Te might take while ro become accustomed to exhaling comply ‘because We geoeallyseifen our dlaphragen sa take shallow breuths This relaxed breathing withthe ente dy i snething new fr nt prop, ‘We have become accustomed to bresing ia a guie diferent way 40 be tient with yourself and don try eo fore Q Yon say that he inhalation should happen natural but I find ‘thas as soon as Uecale more deeply 1 beg to gasp for ain ‘A. Is preferable to do this type of breathing ffs, of couse, bute cam be ifclt unt you lewn how to do peopel. Thats wy ic a of gentle puer—not forced, but jus gentle puserto make sure dat sll of the ariel, you dos» youl fa ha inhalation follows very ratory The ven ade by thie complete erat ints the In lath without your Raving eo think abou Buca he begining, before your body becomes ue to how this breath happens, you nee to make a font undntand how the process works bat. aot a mate of taining ‘opus your breath out othe end ofthe ahaation, but rather of allowing isto flow caiely oxo berating it a it wee cits nara compleon. "Then, yon give «couple of smal pushes, che iltion wil happen of il, quite acl (Q Daring the exhalation you say to concentrate on yous tandem. Where do yon concentrate daring the ination? A. When you play tenis, for example, you cat ip your tcker ghd the ne tne. When yout ite dhe bl i ine ori cig, ‘but ifyon dow athe all epproahes you wot beable o respond propel. Righc after you ihten your gp othe acer you have to loosen ie When that happens, whet is your artenion? IF you ere ll the way othe very cad then you wl nual inhale, “This is «point offen made inthe marta, in which shasp and csc concentation i extents and i whieh the emphasis is ao on the cnhalasion, ‘herds something fn marl arts called che resonating afer cho? which sites to dhe focus cary evough from the end of the ‘thalation int dhe inhaetion. Without this contewaton 3 gap opens up hae an expet opponent on sense and use at an opporcunity for aack. “This isthe same thing that we do in zen when a complete exaluton leads satwally inthe inhalaon. youve been doing rate of saohton, of antenive awareness to your breath, you ow tar dhe exhsstion ofthe seat importance to your concentration, which in turn is ental to-azen, Soin Focusing on er

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