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Beyond Consciousness: Cultivating Zen Awareness
AI Suggested Keywords:
Seminar_Karma,_Study_the_Self,_Study_the_World
The talk focuses on the exploration of self-awareness and intention as critical components of Zen practice, contrasting the role of posture and consciousness in meditation with broader discussions on how cultural and educational elements shape awareness. Emphasis is placed on the transformative power of meditation and wisdom teachings to cultivate a stable awareness beyond mere consciousness.
- Posture's Influence in Meditation: The discussion highlights how physical posture during meditation affects mental states and thought processes.
- Intention vs. Success: The speaker expresses a personal perspective on happiness derived from intention rather than success, emphasizing its role in cultivating a stable, joyful mind.
- Meditation and Wisdom Teachings: These are described as essential educational processes that mature awareness, suggesting their superiority in developing a profound understanding of the self compared to traditional educational systems.
Referenced Texts and Teachings:
- Rio Grande Gorge: Used metaphorically to illustrate a deeper state of awareness achieved through meditation practices.
This summary encapsulates the core ideas shared in the talk, providing insights into how Zen philosophy shapes self-awareness and the cognitive processes relevant to those meditating at advanced levels.
AI Suggested Title: Beyond Consciousness: Cultivating Zen Awareness
That's enough, yeah, don't you think? The tape recorder and I were, right. Yes. I would like to mention a sentence which was kind of a gate sentence for me. You mentioned once was, I feel most of the time happy because my happiness is not based on success, but it's based on intention. And that also... belongs to this description. In Deutsch, please, and you have the last word. Okay, so let's sit for a few moments. I'm very happy to have spent these two or three days with you.
[01:22]
And anytime you want to do it again, just let me know. a thought or a thought appears? What is the difference in your posture, even in meditation, whether you're quite upright or slouched? Your posture affects the thoughts and the field of mind. And your experience of both. Awareness isn't something just given.
[04:00]
It's always the same. As our culture and our educational process educate consciousness. It's meditation and wisdom teachings that educate and mature awareness. So even on this bridge over the Rio Grande Gorge, awareness is even calmer than consciousness. is that even being aware is calmer than being aware.
[05:01]
Thank you. Really thank you for taking the trouble and time to join me and join all of us together here.
[07:52]
And when it's possible, I look forward to practicing with each of you again. And, of course, I don't feel our practice together stops when we leave the seminar. And thank you for translating. You're welcome. Thank you. And thank you, Shiri and Mahakavi and Beate and Eric. And the Munich's Munchkins sitting, the Munchkins from... sitting group. Thanks a lot for putting it together.
[08:46]
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