The Middle Way: 8 useless precepts

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

8 useless precepts

1. SHOYOKU don't wish for too much
2. CHISOKU know satisfaction
3. GYOJAKUJO enjoy peace & quiet
4. GONSHOJIN apply yourself
5. FUBONEN don't give in to unconsciousness
6. SHUZENJO practice the stillness of Zazen
7. SHUCHIE practice real knowing (not knowing about)
8. FUKERON don't talk bullshit

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: Name: Mike Cross; Location: Aylesbury, Bucks, United Kingdom

From 1982 to 1997 I worked on the translation of Master Dogen's Shobogenzo, and understood the primary importance in the Buddha's teaching of full lotus sitting. Until 1994 my attitude to this sitting practice could be summed up in the words: "Don't think. Just do it!" Then in 1994 I returned from Japan to England to train to be a teacher of the FM Alexander Technique, and experiences with Alexander work woke me up to the opposite standpoint of "Don't just do. Think it!" Far from smoothing my path, however, Alexander insights (or reactions to them) caused a lot of trouble between me and my aging teacher in Japan. Then in 2008, seeking clearer water further upstream, I found a new lease of life in the extant Sanskrit works of the 12th ancestor in Dogen's lineage -- the great Indian teacher Ashvaghosha.

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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

8 useless precepts

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