Good evening!
We say, “A moment in a spring evening is worth a thousand gold pieces.”
When we sit like the Buddha, with the best upright posture, assembled hands,
and deep breathing, clearing all karmas – physical, verbal, and mental,
conceptions, emotions, and volitions – with full power like a water jet
cutting metal, we, too, are in unconditioned peace and unsurpassed awakening.
If we sit absent-mindedly, our minds become confused and diffused and our
bodies not straight, strong, and balanced. Dogen said, “Awakening is attained
with the body, not the mind.” Awakening is attained with the total body, mind,
and world in free full function, the dropping off of bodies and minds, so truly
wholly wholesome with all, and thus the Buddha mind and body.
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