Tonight I want to explain shikantaza. We say “just to sit.” What does it mean, just to sit?
A monk asked a Zen master, “It is very hot. How is it possible to sit somewhere where no hot and no cold weather comes?”
The master’s answer was, “When it is hot, you should be hot buddha [laughs, laughter]. When it is cold, you should be a cold buddha [laughs].”
That is “just to sit.”
—Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-07-24 - as found on
shunryusuzuki.com
edited by PF. Go to
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Art by Paul Reps
