Thoughts Are a Secretion

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Thinking is just a secretion of the brain, the same way the stomach secretes digestive juices. You don't have to take it so seriously. Let your thoughts come and go during zazen. Don't chase them, don't fight them. They're just brain secretions.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Kodo Sawaki

Lineage: Sōtō

By Kodo Sawaki

• Lost in Thoughtproverb
• Satori Is Not a Commodityproverb
• Sit Down and Shut Upproverb
• Zazen Is the Selfproverb
• Zazen Is Good for Nothingsaying

From To You (Anata ni)

• Lost in Thought
• Satori Is Not a Commodity
• Sit Down and Shut Up
• Zazen Is the Self
• You Can't Trade a Fart
• Gaining Is Delusion
• Hell Is in Your Own Chest
• Group Sickness
• Religion Is Living Your Own Life
• Don't Put Your Heads Together

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Kodo Sawaki, To You

  To You (Anata ni): Thoughts Are a Secretion