Amazing to see actual dokusan in Japan, normally a very intimate and private experience. It was very kind of the Roshi to let that happen, for the benefit of curious Westerners.
I will share my experience with you guys. I meditated 3 times a day for about an hour each session for a year then one day, I sat too long that my perception of being in a body which is breathing constantly dissolved. So at that moment, there was no body, no body which is breathing or thinking. Then at that exact second light hits my third eye, and there was nothing, I mean NO THING, like as a material existence, as a thing... so there was nothing but only "one thing"... some people call it GOD, some call it universal energy or divine power... but it was that thing only as a whole existence ... only thing that was exist in that millisecond was "that".... so when we say " we are ONE" that oneness comes from that one Thing... which is nothing and also everything... so you, me, others whoever reaches that state of being will feel the same thing which proves that there is nothing but ONE. I AM "THAT" I AM❤🙏🏼
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Amazing to see actual dokusan in Japan, normally a very intimate and private experience. It was very kind of the Roshi to let that happen, for the benefit of curious Westerners.
I will share my experience with you guys. I meditated 3 times a day for about an hour each session for a year then one day, I sat too long that my perception of being in a body which is breathing constantly dissolved. So at that moment, there was no body, no body which is breathing or thinking. Then at that exact second light hits my third eye, and there was nothing, I mean NO THING, like as a material existence, as a thing... so there was nothing but only "one thing"... some people call it GOD, some call it universal energy or divine power... but it was that thing only as a whole existence ... only thing that was exist in that millisecond was "that".... so when we say " we are ONE" that oneness comes from that one Thing... which is nothing and also everything... so you, me, others whoever reaches that state of being will feel the same thing which proves that there is nothing but ONE.
I AM "THAT" I AM❤🙏🏼
how is life after that experience ? Is there a difference in the way you perceive anxieties and emotional difficulties?
Beautiful
Thank you for sharing this.
Again, The power of Now. Thank you
Truth simplicity love ❤️☀️💚
Super deep :)
In America thankfully we have places like Gyobutsuji Zen Monastery
Incredible!
Thought provoking (and some!)
American Zen has come and gone.Shadows left.
That you are is certain, what you are, not so much.
That you are nothing is even more certain.
"that you are is certain" - question that too.
a word with the lips alone is no good
Chan is not so attached to wooden shoes and mechanical rituals.❤😂😊...Chan is zen in china ( centuries ago)
It's just a brief view of the practice. The attachment is in your own mind.
Can anyone translate what the master says to the apprentice?
Are their eyes open or closed?
Ultimately, not one nor the other nor either nor both.
Does a dog have Buddha nature? Answer yes or no and you lose your own Buddha nature