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On Sitting Zazen
Teachings of Joshu Sasaki Roshi
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When you sit zazen, do not sit as a person sitting. Sit as the whole universe sitting. Your spine is the axis of the world. Your breath is the wind moving through all of space. If you sit with the idea 'I am sitting,' you make yourself small, separate, alone. But if you let go of that 'I,' then sitting sits, breathing breathes, and the whole universe is doing zazen through you. That is true sitting.
Attribution
By Joshu Sasaki
From Teachings of Joshu Sasaki Roshi
Sources
Teachings of Joshu Sasaki Roshi: On Sitting Zazen