tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post5665747954285508749..comments2024-03-14T04:06:54.124-04:00Comments on GENKAKU-AGAIN (adam fisher): self-criticismgenkakuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-6695078793461508052013-06-25T12:27:11.154-04:002013-06-25T12:27:11.154-04:00Passerby -- You may well be right ... as long as i...Passerby -- You may well be right ... as long as it is not somehow 'different.'genkakuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-44482170069282643082013-06-25T11:41:24.547-04:002013-06-25T11:41:24.547-04:00I've fallen on my ass often enough to find it ...I've fallen on my ass often enough to find it comfortable.olcharliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00309255390011851502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-16239805759869518742013-06-25T11:29:53.943-04:002013-06-25T11:29:53.943-04:00I think I prefer Adam's 'awake' ...ken...I think I prefer Adam's 'awake' ...kensho/satori/samadhi all sound a bit too posh for me.PeterBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534121168726658880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-53491809515116010992013-06-25T11:14:41.547-04:002013-06-25T11:14:41.547-04:00Essentially good advice.
Just one point to perhap...Essentially good advice.<br /><br />Just one point to perhaps reconsider. Using the word "awake."<br /><br />“Meditation means the mind is turned back upon itself. The mind stops all the thought-waves and the world stops. Your consciousness expands.”<br /><br />- Swami Vivekananda<br /><br />"With practice, duality disappears and Samadhi, or the superconscious state, is reached. Do not become impatient, as this takes a long time."<br /><br />-- Swami Sivananda<br /><br /><br />Awake? It's a word that's come to express laziness, impatience, self-delusion and all round shucking and jiving in many parts of the Zen world.<br /><br />Yes, be mindful, pay careful attention when the situation warrants, but do not think it means kensho / satori / samadhi.<br /><br />A Passerbynoreply@blogger.com