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$\"\"$ <\/a>Not destroying false views.<\/p>\n

For shikantaza or koan zen, that says it all, imv. There\u2019s a perfect circle hidden in the swirl of views.<\/p>\n

The line is from the Suramgamasamadhisutra: The Concentration of Heroic Progress<\/em>, p. 176. I pulled this sutra off the bookshelf after it came up in our Dogen study group.<\/p>\n

Sometimes translated as the Heroic March Samadhi Sutra,<\/em> it is regarded as a meditation manual and has been highly valued in the Zen\/Chan tradition.<\/p>\n

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