I think this is the best form of meditation... notice the distractions but don't follow the distractions..

@Gangstawalk1

6 жыл бұрын

You dont even notice... notice is a mind action

Thank you! I will practice 🙏🏼

Thank you Amir.

Does Dogen not describe this method as sitting like a cat watching a mouse hole?

I have seen many videos on this, and all are similar, however all are just a little different. It can be hard to know what to do. I think it comes down to sit with a good posture, notice your breathing, and pay no attention to your thoughts. This can be difficult, so maybe one should do a few years off regular zazen first and build a strong foundation of sitting first.

It is important to note, that there is no 'letting the mind run freely' (or not letting it). It is already freely the case that can't be deviated from no matter how hard you try, prior to you deciding if it is or isn't.

@ShunyaYoga

4 жыл бұрын

The distinction was to make it clear that shikantaza is not a samatha technique. Samatha involves any method that inspires mental tranquility through concentration on a single object. This silencing of the mind can indeed be prepared through sheer will when concentration becomes one-pointed. Then an impression of both magnified awareness and mental tranquiilty arises, although there is no actual expansion of consciousness that is taking place. In reality, mental obstacles have simply weakened and dissolved to reveal what has always been the case. This can take place through both samatha and an approach such as shikantaza, but the strategies are entirely different and bringing the mind to a stillness is also far removed from the nature of what shikantaza is trying to address, which is liberation from the illusion of self - with or without activity of the mind. ~ Amir

Good stuff, thanks

Posture is important, but yeah not reacting to thoughts, an emphasis on not trying, just being awake, like noticing without trying.

POST MALONE

thank you:)

Gracias ♡♡♡

Shoryu Bradley and his Gyobutsuji Zen Monastery in Arkansas, USA practices a similar method. :)