Tag Archives: Zen

Words cannot recreate ‘just-as-it-is-right-now’…

Posted on July 6, 2020 by

… 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 →

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‘Satori’ at Age Eight?

Posted on November 6, 2018 by

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 →

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