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Attention Means Attention

By Charlotte Joko Beck — 1993

There’s an old Zen story: a student said to Master Ichu, “Please write for me something of great wisdom.” Master Ichu picked up his brush and wrote one word: “Attention.”

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Japanese Zen Buddhist Philosophy

Zen aims at the perfection of personhood. To this end, sitting meditation called “za-zen” is employed as a foundational method of prāxis across the different schools of this Buddha-Way—which is not an ideology, but a way of living.

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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
2019
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What is Zen Buddhism?

Zen is the Japanese name for a Buddhist tradition practiced by millions of people across the world. Historically, Zen practice originated in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, and later came to in the West.

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Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
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Which of the Ultimates Is Ultimate, Part 2

There is no end to realization, kinds and types of awakening, or enlightenment and completeness.

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A.H. Almaas
2014
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The Waterfall

When you can sit with your whole body and mind, and with the oneness of your mind and body under the control of the universal mind, you can easily attain this kind of right understanding. Your everyday life will be renewed without being attached to an old erroneous interpretation of life.

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Shunryu Suzuki
2013
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Constant Consciousness

I became extremely serious about meditation practice when I read the following line from the illustrious Sri Ramana Maharshi: “That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real.”

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Ken Wilber
1999
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