Those who study Zen should be mentally quiet 24 hours a day. When you have nothing to do, you should also sit quietly, making the mind alert and the body tranquil.
Eventually, when you are thoroughly practiced in this, body and mind become spontaneously peaceful and calm, and you have some direction in Zen.
The perfection of mental silence is only to settle scattered and confused awareness. If you cling to stillness as ultimate, you will be taken in by the false Zen of silent illumination.
~ Zen Master Dahui
Eventually, when you are thoroughly practiced in this, body and mind become spontaneously peaceful and calm, and you have some direction in Zen.
The perfection of mental silence is only to settle scattered and confused awareness. If you cling to stillness as ultimate, you will be taken in by the false Zen of silent illumination.
~ Zen Master Dahui
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