articles by Willard
These aren’t written with a particular audience in mind other than anyone who wishes to read them. I suspect that they might not make much sense to someone completely new to Soto Zen practice, (they might not to anyone).
This isn’t to say that they are ‘advanced’ in any way. Zazen though, does change how we habitually see ourselves and the world. The mind of the way is not limited to commonly accepted ways of understanding and it doesn’t stand against them either. In other words, the mind isn’t caught in opposites and this may contribute to some difficulties in reading.
I have posted some information on suggested introductory reading on this page.
Articles here may be continued to be worked on.
Wherever we are, whatever is going on, attention can move effortlessly around breathing, thought, sensation, the immediate surroundings, and so on. This integrated functioning is not special and is not a skill acquired through a technique, something to switch on or off. It’s the functioning wisdom of our real nature. We have probably become […]
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In trying to become an accepting person, we get in our own way and smother the possibility of real acceptance. At best we make a clumsy imitation of what is always energetically liberated, cannot be contained and is simply unconditional. If our actions are tinted with signs of resigned frustration, defensiveness, striving and the like,
