100 Questions
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Question 2: Commentary
Perhaps read this first Sat Shikantaza for twenty minutes in Caribou. Literally. Not in the lotus position. Not in the half-lotus position but seated on a bench in Caribou. Thinking about question 2 above. What is crossing over? Goalless meeting the goal. Letting go of thinking to be in non-thinking. Trying to still the intellectual Continue reading
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Question 2: Exhaling
Who is striving for what? As Dosho asks in question 2 of Going Through the Mystery’s One hundred Questions. ” So intimate, who is striving for what? This is not a rhetorical question.” I tried to move onto the third question, but I keep coming back here. Perhaps because I know I have not satisfactorily Continue reading
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Question 2: Who, What, Striving
Question 2: “So intimate, who is striving for what? This is not a rhetorical question.” Last night with this. Into this morning with this. Using the techniques that Dosho gave me for the Mu Koan, the Heart Sutta, Genjo Koan when I studied with him. Trying to take it out of the mind and into Continue reading
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First Question
“ “Yuantong asked: “Mysterious conduct is like wading through a rugged stream. What place is smooth?” Wansong replied: “East. West. South. North.” What place is smooth?” At the MOA transit station. Read this again. Read it yesterday. But this is not the type of book one goes through quickly. In fact, I am making Continue reading
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