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Mind here translates the Japanese shin, which is nearer to conscious awareness, heart and mind together: the mind with which we are in the world, not the one with which we analyse it. The mind is always busy interpreting reality; when it is not busy, there is no mind.
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not the mind with which we analyse the world, but the mind with which we are in the world
Bussho 1: Having Buddha-Nature Summer 2005 — Bussho
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- Bussho 2: Balance in Action ●●● Summer 2004 — Busshomind busy interpreting reality · mind empty
The mind is always busy, when the mind is not busy, there is no mind
- One Moon, Two Moons ●●●fences, walls, tiles and pebbles · heart-mind
In Japanese, the character translated as mind is SHIN. But SHIN doesn't mean exactly the same as the English term mind.
- The Eight Truths of a Great Person ●●● June 2006 — Padmafarmamind empty
It means throwing away the person who is watching, and completely concentrating on what we're doing.
- Shoaku Makusa 2: Not Doing Wrong as a State ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusamind empty
When we do something fully, there is no ‘I’ to watch ourselves.
- Buddhist State as Semi-Permeable Membrane ●●● September 2015 — Banský Studenecflexible mind
Flexible mind is the situation where we can accept and give, receive and give flexibly.
- Bussho 1: Having Buddha-Nature ●●● Summer 2005 — Busshomind as conscious awareness
not the mind with which we analyse the world, but the mind with which we are in the world
- Bussho 1: Fully Manifesting Existence ●●● Summer 2004 — BusshoHotei's clear and cloudy mind
when a clear mind comes I let my mind be clear, when a cloudy mind comes I let my mind be cloudy
- Shoaku Makusa 4: Doing Right Without a Doer ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusaheart-mind
shin doesn’t mean ‘mind’, it means ‘heart-mind’
- Dropping Off Heart, Mind and Body ●●● June 2007 — Padmafarmaheart-mind
In Japanese culture, there is no division between thinking mind and emotional heart
- Kuge 4: Nothing to Get Rid Of ●●● Winter 2007 — Kugeclarity from posture
When we sit in Zazen, what makes us clear is nothing to with our mental person, really. It’s the posture.
- MMK 2: Non-Separation ●●● Summer 2008 — Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarikamind as part of reality
Our mind is part of reality but reality is not part of our mind
- Right Action from Balance ●●● August 2014 — Banský Studenecno blank minds
I don't think we can have blank minds, practise zazen and then do things
- Zazen Is Not Meditation ●●● July 2021 — Skalní faramind empty
A little baby who can sit up sits like this: empty mind, beautiful posture