King of Samadhis
Originally appeared December 2008
To transcend the world directly, to manifest the magnificence of the Buddha ancestor’s house-this is sitting in the meditation posture. To leap over the heads of outsiders and demons, and become a true person inside the buddha ancestor’s room-this is sitting in the meditation posture.
Most of what we have read or heard about sitting meditation has come from contemporary vehicles for Buddhism. This lovely piece, King of Samadhis, helps communicate the direct teaching of sitting meditation expounded hundreds of years ago to monks in Dogen’s assembly.
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