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<\/a>So said one practitioner on the training blog.<\/span>\n
I felt happy when I read that \u2013 a statement of fresh honesty full of<\/span> possibility.<\/span><\/p>\n Belief in the buddhadharma and doubt in the buddhadharma can create the energy<\/span> for digging-in-deep practice. <\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s one way to work with belief and doubt in zazen. The basis of zazen is the belief<\/span> that we are already Buddha and the posture is the clearest expression of that truth.<\/span><\/p>\n So when you sit down, pay attention to the specific ways in which the body is expressing<\/span> doubt and not expressing Buddha, wholehearted dropping away. Are the shoulders tense?<\/span> Is the back slouched? Is the back straining to be straight? Is the head tipped back in a spaced-out pose? Or is the jaw pushed forward as if trying to bite into something?<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m not saying there is one way to be or do zazen (or one perfect Buddha state) \u2026<\/span> what I\u2019m suggesting is that if you want to digest the issue of belief and doubt, become<\/span> intimate with these dynamics in the zazen you are doing every day. <\/span><\/p>\n It is as if the body is in dialogue \u2013 \u201cI believe that I am Buddha and so I\u2019m willing to sit<\/span> here for a while\u201d and \u201cI don\u2019t really believe that I am Buddha so I may sit here for awhile<\/span> but I\u2019m not really going to let go and completely become this posture.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n How is it for you?<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n So said one practitioner on the training blog. I felt happy when I read that \u2013 a statement of fresh honesty full of possibility. Belief in the buddhadharma and doubt in the buddhadharma can create the energy for digging-in-deep practice. Here\u2019s one way to work with belief and doubt in zazen. The basis of zazen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n