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People say that practicing
Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to way. It is not difficult
because it is hard to sit in the cross-legged position, or to attain enlightenment.
It is difficult because it is hard to keep our mind pure and our practice pure
in its fundamental sense.
For a while you will
keep your beginner뭩 mind, but if you continue to practice one, two, three
years or more, although you may improve some, you are liable to lose the limitless
meaning of original mind. Our 뱋riginal mind� includes everything within itself.
You should not lose your self-sufficient state of mind. This does not mean a
closed mind, but actually an empty mind and a ready mind. If your mind is empty,
it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner뭩
mind there is not thought, 밒 have attained something.�
All self-centered
thoughts limit our vast mind. When we have no thought of achievement, no thought
of self, we are true beginners. Then we can really learn something. When our
mind is compassionate, it is boundless. There is no need to have a deep understanding
of Zen. Even though you read much Zen literature, you must read each sentence
with a fresh mind. You should not say, 멗 know what Zen is� or 멗 have attained
enlightenment�.
This is also the real
secret of the arts: always be a beginner. Be very careful about this point.
If you start to practice Zen, you will begin to appreciate your beginner뭩
mind. It is the secret of Zen practice.
[Zen Mind, Beginner's
Mind] by Shunryu Suzuki
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