What is Zen? 
The secret 
of Zen is to sit down, just do it without ' 
spirit of profit, in a posture of great concentration. This nonprofit foundation is called zazen; za means sitting, and Zen meditation, concentration. Teaching posture, which is the essence of Zen transmission takes place in a dojo (place of practice of the Way). It is taught by a teacher, began traditionally, in the line of patriarchs and of the Buddha. The practice of zazen is very valuable for the health of body and mind, it leads to their normal condition. Zen can not be contained in a concept, it 'made it through thought, asks to be practiced and is essentially an experience. Intelligence is not underrated, just searching for a higher dimension of consciousness is not standing on a unilateral vision of beings and things. The subject is the object, and the subject contains the object. It is realize, through practice, the overcoming of all contradictions, all forms of thought.
The philosophical expression of Zen Buddhism is not therefore nothing of a constrictive and rigid system of thought, is the transmission of concepts formed by an ancient and so new at the same time, that of awakening. Some formula-force, some key-word order and polarize the field of experience. Words meet, communicate, without affecting the continuity, the insatiable fluidity of reality, which help to encircle. Illuminate the daily lives, taken to its root.
key concept here, and now the important thing is this. Most of us tend to think anxiously to the past or the future, instead of being fully attentive to our actions, words and thoughts of the moment. It should be fully present in every gesture: to focus here and now, so is the lesson of Zen. Quite essential is the formula "just sit" (shikantaza), "for free, without purpose or 'spirit of profit" (mushotoku).
Master Dogen said
"Learning Zen is us,
us, forget it, forget
, you will find the Buddha nature,
Our original nature."
Origin return. Understand ourselves, to know deeply, to find our true self '. The location the essence of all religions and all philosophies, the source of wisdom, the living water that flows from the regular practice za-zen. Buddha-nature means that the condition could be more normal, the natural, original, of our spirit. The closer we get to this normal state of consciousness, this pure spirit, the more we create around us a radiant atmosphere, fruitful, beneficial. More they turn away the more we become the prey of the environment.
If we open our hands, we can receive everything. If we are empty, we can contain the entire universe. Emptiness is the condition of the spirit that does not stick to anything. Master Sekito, renowned Chinese master, wrote:
"Even if the place of meditation is tight,
encompasses the universe. Even if our spirit is small, contains the unlimited
..........".
Zen is beyond all contradictions. The includes and transcends. Thesis, antithesis, synthesis, and beyond. When Zen masters meet the demands of their followers with a puzzle that looks like an absurd mistake, this is not a joke. The teacher is constantly striving to bring the student to go beyond thought. For example, you tell "white," he says "black", affiche 'let yourself step beyond. Does not support a thesis, but has the other end of the sentence, that 'the party trovi lui stesso il giusto mezzo. Se dico: "Quando si muore, ogni cosa muore", questo non è falso, ma non è tutta la verità. Dobbiamo andare al di là! Alla domanda: "Cos'è l'essenza del Buddha?", Huang-Po risponde: "La scopa della toilette". Io dico talvolta:
"Questa statua del Buddha davanti la quale mi inchino non è che legno, non è niente, può bruciare, essa non ha alcuna importanza: tuttavia mi inchino con il più profondo rispetto per tre volte davanti ad essa, perché' simbolizza l'assoluta buddhista', la natura divina". Si tratta di vedere tutte le facce d'un fenomeno.
Certo, le forme religiose sono eccellenti nei luoghi e nei tempi dati. Pratica dell'essenza, origin experience, Zen transcends space-time can be a pivot of evolution because of its simplicity and its universal character. As a spring river awakens the Prairie, the Zen will cause a revolution within, a mutation being. When you do not evolve, it devolves. If you do not create, you die. If your right hand is blocked, use your left hand. Waking up, create, intuitively: each of us makes a civilization.
Zen education is silent.
"In the silence rises the immortal spirit
and not to mention the joy is."
Teaching Modern 'first place to the discourse but often the words do not express the real thinking or attitude deep. The word is almost always incomplete. When it finds its accuracy, we send our experience "from my heart to your heart."
Zen attains the highest wisdom, the deepest love. The wisdom is necessarily cold, it is the father without the mother. Purged of all the formalisms, religion can give the spirit of love. The great wisdom is basically return to the origin, the truth of the universe, the basis of our lives, beyond the phenomena. The religious experience can once again become the living source of human existence that it opens to its highest dimension.
The secret 
of Zen is to sit down, just do it without ' 
spirit of profit, in a posture of great concentration. This nonprofit foundation is called zazen; za means sitting, and Zen meditation, concentration. Teaching posture, which is the essence of Zen transmission takes place in a dojo (place of practice of the Way). It is taught by a teacher, began traditionally, in the line of patriarchs and of the Buddha. The practice of zazen is very valuable for the health of body and mind, it leads to their normal condition. Zen can not be contained in a concept, it 'made it through thought, asks to be practiced and is essentially an experience. Intelligence is not underrated, just searching for a higher dimension of consciousness is not standing on a unilateral vision of beings and things. The subject is the object, and the subject contains the object. It is realize, through practice, the overcoming of all contradictions, all forms of thought. The philosophical expression of Zen Buddhism is not therefore nothing of a constrictive and rigid system of thought, is the transmission of concepts formed by an ancient and so new at the same time, that of awakening. Some formula-force, some key-word order and polarize the field of experience. Words meet, communicate, without affecting the continuity, the insatiable fluidity of reality, which help to encircle. Illuminate the daily lives, taken to its root.
key concept here, and now the important thing is this. Most of us tend to think anxiously to the past or the future, instead of being fully attentive to our actions, words and thoughts of the moment. It should be fully present in every gesture: to focus here and now, so is the lesson of Zen. Quite essential is the formula "just sit" (shikantaza), "for free, without purpose or 'spirit of profit" (mushotoku).
Master Dogen said
"Learning Zen is us,
us, forget it, forget
, you will find the Buddha nature,
Our original nature."
Origin return. Understand ourselves, to know deeply, to find our true self '. The location the essence of all religions and all philosophies, the source of wisdom, the living water that flows from the regular practice za-zen. Buddha-nature means that the condition could be more normal, the natural, original, of our spirit. The closer we get to this normal state of consciousness, this pure spirit, the more we create around us a radiant atmosphere, fruitful, beneficial. More they turn away the more we become the prey of the environment.
If we open our hands, we can receive everything. If we are empty, we can contain the entire universe. Emptiness is the condition of the spirit that does not stick to anything. Master Sekito, renowned Chinese master, wrote:
"Even if the place of meditation is tight,
encompasses the universe. Even if our spirit is small, contains the unlimited
..........".
Zen is beyond all contradictions. The includes and transcends. Thesis, antithesis, synthesis, and beyond. When Zen masters meet the demands of their followers with a puzzle that looks like an absurd mistake, this is not a joke. The teacher is constantly striving to bring the student to go beyond thought. For example, you tell "white," he says "black", affiche 'let yourself step beyond. Does not support a thesis, but has the other end of the sentence, that 'the party trovi lui stesso il giusto mezzo. Se dico: "Quando si muore, ogni cosa muore", questo non è falso, ma non è tutta la verità. Dobbiamo andare al di là! Alla domanda: "Cos'è l'essenza del Buddha?", Huang-Po risponde: "La scopa della toilette". Io dico talvolta:
"Questa statua del Buddha davanti la quale mi inchino non è che legno, non è niente, può bruciare, essa non ha alcuna importanza: tuttavia mi inchino con il più profondo rispetto per tre volte davanti ad essa, perché' simbolizza l'assoluta buddhista', la natura divina". Si tratta di vedere tutte le facce d'un fenomeno.
Certo, le forme religiose sono eccellenti nei luoghi e nei tempi dati. Pratica dell'essenza, origin experience, Zen transcends space-time can be a pivot of evolution because of its simplicity and its universal character. As a spring river awakens the Prairie, the Zen will cause a revolution within, a mutation being. When you do not evolve, it devolves. If you do not create, you die. If your right hand is blocked, use your left hand. Waking up, create, intuitively: each of us makes a civilization.
Zen education is silent.
"In the silence rises the immortal spirit
and not to mention the joy is."
Teaching Modern 'first place to the discourse but often the words do not express the real thinking or attitude deep. The word is almost always incomplete. When it finds its accuracy, we send our experience "from my heart to your heart."
Zen attains the highest wisdom, the deepest love. The wisdom is necessarily cold, it is the father without the mother. Purged of all the formalisms, religion can give the spirit of love. The great wisdom is basically return to the origin, the truth of the universe, the basis of our lives, beyond the phenomena. The religious experience can once again become the living source of human existence that it opens to its highest dimension.
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