This weekend the fourth module of the deepening course of the School of Mindfulness, in which I have participated as an instructor and in which, among other activities, I have led this guided meditation that I share in this entry.
A day when Yaoshan, Grandmaster Hongdao, was doing zazen, A monk approached him and asked him: “How do you think during zazen?”
Master Yaoshan responded: “I think without thinking”.
The monk asked him again: “How do you think without thinking?”
Master Yaoshan responded: “Not thinking”.
Meditation, or the state of full attention, It is not about stopping thinking, or in moving from the state of thought to the state of non-thought, but in letting the thought flow, observing it from a correct attitude.
“Persevering practice”, “equanimity”It is the only way to understand the Way.