Al Davis wrote:
>MM wrote:
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>>Does
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>>"No-Mind" = "Zen" ?
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>>Did the Komuso have to enter "No-Mind" before picking up the Shakuhachi.
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>Or, did they use Shakuhachi to enter "No-Mind"?
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>>Thanks,
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> Yes to all three. "No-Mind" is a state in which the human mind and
>all it's content of past and future issues and considerations is absent
>and total attention is focused on the Present activity. Any activity
>will suffice: picking up the Shakuhachi, playing the Shakuhachi,
>putting it away, engaging in a tea ceremony, doing Tai Chi, or just
>washing dishes. Listening to your heart or breath also is good.
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>In this silence, inspiration is present and available. The words written
>below express it more beautifully and succinctly than mine.
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>Thank you..
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>>>The place of no expectations, no memory, no angst, no tension, nothing
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>but
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>>>each breath...a lifetime in each breath, as they say.
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