禅Kobun Chino Otogawa

proverb

Zazen as Poetry

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Zazen is the body's poetry. It is written without ink, read without eyes, and yet a careful student can recognize the lines years later in the way the body sits.

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Lineage: Sōtō

By Kobun Chino Otogawa

Sources

  • contentCrooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki

    David Chadwick

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