Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Everything You Do Is Zen

Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the Buddha...Using the mind to look for reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

-Bodhidharma

I see using the mind to look for delusion as saying "I can not see the forest because the trees are in the way."

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