Joe, The proper translation is
Abiding nowhere Awaken the mind. Your "letting the mind work" is the opposite of mindlessness. Whoever did your translation doesn't understand Zen... Edgar On Nov 14, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Joe wrote: > Merle, > > Many of us died to the small self and the small mind more than once. > > I'm glad we are in your company. Practice is endless, and so is realization. > > Don't stop anywhere. > > And so, the Diamond Sutra teaches: > > "Abiding nowhere, > let the Mind work." > > Don't stick anywhere. Constantly, bring forth This mind; encourage it. > > Practice clarifies the mind, and the world. It's a package deal. The package > has always been very, very large. Yet, all contained where the thumb-tips > touch in zazen, or in the third-eye after awakening. > > Have a look at a Buddha statue: there is nothing magical there: it's all > Physiology. Not *academic* physiology, but physiology from the INSIDE. > > And so I say, "Don't stop". > > Be well! Stay healthy. May the Dharma keep you. > > We're pulling for you. This One being. > > --Joe > > > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > just my final word group...before i might be shooed off to the blue > > yonder... > > > > without discovering zen in my early 20's i'd have been a "dead duck" > > metaphorically speaking... > >
