Tag Archives: Zen
Words cannot recreate ‘just-as-it-is-right-now’…
… yet, in vain, we continue to issue words. I am rereading Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals, by Peter Matthiessen. One chapter is an account of his journey to the land of Dolpo on the Tibetan plateau. He later expanded … Continue reading
‘Satori’ at Age Eight?
At age seven or eight I had an experience which I ever-more perceive as a satori. “Satori (Chinese kāi wù) may be defined as an intuitive looking into the nature of things in contradistinction to the analytical or logical understanding … Continue reading
Posted in Enlightenment, kāi wù, satori
Tagged Buddhism, D.T. Suzuki, haiku, INTJ, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, R.H. Blyth, satori, Zen
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