Tag: zen
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The Way of The Warrior ~XVI~
9/20/22 Please read aloud with me,mindfully and prayerfully. The Five Ranks of Merit Thus far we have stated how to train our body and mind according to the general rules and customs established by Zenists. And here we shall describe the different stages of mental upliftingthrough which the student of Zen has to go. They […]
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The Way of The Warrior ~XV~
9/19/2022 “True Dhyana” To sit in Meditation is not the only method of practising Zazen. “We practise Dhyana in sitting, in standing, and in walking,” says one of the Japanese Zenists. Lin Tsi (Rin-Zai) also says: “To concentrate one’s mind, or to dislike noisy places, and seek only for stillness, is the characteristic of heterodox […]
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Way Of The Warrior -XV-
“The Third Step in the Mental Training”(The Training Of The Mind & Practice of Meditation)~ by Kaiten Yukarita To be the Lord of Mind is more essential to Enlightenment, which, in a sense, is the clearing away of illusions, the putting out of mean desires and passions, and the awakening of the innermost wisdom. He […]
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The Way of the Warrior -XIII-
Some of the old Zen masters are said to have attained to supreme Enlightenment after the practice of Meditation for one week,some for one day, some for a score of years, and some for a few months. The practice of Meditation, however, is not simply a means for Enlightenment (as is usually supposed) but also […]
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Afternoon Prayer -X-
“The things I have directly known but have not taught you are numerous, while the things I have taught you are few. … why, have I not taught those many things? Because they are unbeneficial, irrelevant to the fundamentals of the holy life, and do not lead to revulsion, to dispassion, to cessation, to peace, […]