bodhidave
bodhidave  ·  2 months ago
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And that to me is the healthy heart of contemplation (a.k.a. meditation). It's an allowing. It’s a participation in the living truth that's always already here, before we even have thoughts or names for it. And it’s embrace with that. It’s a participation with that, and in that, and as that.

bodhidave
bodhidave  ·  2 months ago

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Much of #meditation, especially in the style of #Zen shikantaza (“just sitting”) or the West’s “via negativa” — which, again, are somewhat odd-sounding words for something which is actually really basic — is about not doing things

“Just don’t contrive.” “Just don’t pick and choose.” “Just this.” You can find invitations like that at the heart of a number of contemplative traditions.

Iggyu.museifu
Iggyu.museifu  ·  3 months ago

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Newest translation! This is another Ichikawa Hakugen piece (it will be him for awhile) expanding on another piece I have yet to acquire, delving into the nature of 自由 (freedom) in both zen contexts and the socialist movement at large. Much love❤️!
#socialism #anarchism #buddhism #zen #translation #philosophy

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ichikawa-hakugen-universal-suffering#toc5

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