Mindfulness is "simply observing the experience at the present moment with intentional awareness, no judgement, and no captivity." It means letting go of all of attachments and being unintentionally natural with no judgments, while being aware of yourself. When we are captured by a certain attachment, we get involved with and swayed by it. Such galloping mind is wandering in the past and the future. This will often become a source of stress. Takuan stated that, when you confront an enemy, you should not make your mind get stuck in the enemy's sword. Actually, you see the cutting sword, but you can not move well if you are stuck in that only. Therefore, he said that you do not be stuck in the opponent's sword, not make such a distinction as evaluation or judgement, but just respond naturally to him/her. Takuan, the Zen monk of Rinzai school, explained that the secret of swordsmanship is just to be mindful, and mindfulness is the core concept to be in a way of Buddhism or Zen. That also is, from the viewpoint of modern society, the secret of stress reduction.
July 15, 2018
After Reading Takuan: Part 1 不動智神妙録を読んで１
マインドフルネスとは，「今，この瞬間の体験に意図的に意識を向け，評価をせずに，とらわれのない状態で，ただ観ること」である。気づいた状態でありながら，すべてのこだわりを手放し，価値判断をせず無為自然に（云為に）在ることを指す。何か一つのこだわりにとらわれれば，我々はそれに巻き込まれ，振り回される。そうして駆け回る心は，過去へ未来へとさまよう。これがしばしばストレスの源泉になっている。沢庵は，敵と対峙したとき，相手の太刀（剣，拳）に心を止めるなと説く。もちろん，切ってくる太刀は，見るには見るけれども，その一点にだけこだわっていては十分に動けない。だから，相手の太刀にこだわらず，評価や判断といった分別をせず，ただ自然に応じよと言う。臨済宗の禅僧・沢庵の説く剣（拳）の奥義とはまさにマインドフルに在ることであり，仏教的在り方，禅的在り方の核心である。そしてそれは，現代的に見れば，ストレスを低減する奥義でもある。
Mindfulness is "simply observing the experience at the present moment with intentional awareness, no judgement, and no captivity." It means letting go of all of attachments and being unintentionally natural with no judgments, while being aware of yourself. When we are captured by a certain attachment, we get involved with and swayed by it. Such galloping mind is wandering in the past and the future. This will often become a source of stress. Takuan stated that, when you confront an enemy, you should not make your mind get stuck in the enemy's sword. Actually, you see the cutting sword, but you can not move well if you are stuck in that only. Therefore, he said that you do not be stuck in the opponent's sword, not make such a distinction as evaluation or judgement, but just respond naturally to him/her. Takuan, the Zen monk of Rinzai school, explained that the secret of swordsmanship is just to be mindful, and mindfulness is the core concept to be in a way of Buddhism or Zen. That also is, from the viewpoint of modern society, the secret of stress reduction.
Mindfulness is "simply observing the experience at the present moment with intentional awareness, no judgement, and no captivity." It means letting go of all of attachments and being unintentionally natural with no judgments, while being aware of yourself. When we are captured by a certain attachment, we get involved with and swayed by it. Such galloping mind is wandering in the past and the future. This will often become a source of stress. Takuan stated that, when you confront an enemy, you should not make your mind get stuck in the enemy's sword. Actually, you see the cutting sword, but you can not move well if you are stuck in that only. Therefore, he said that you do not be stuck in the opponent's sword, not make such a distinction as evaluation or judgement, but just respond naturally to him/her. Takuan, the Zen monk of Rinzai school, explained that the secret of swordsmanship is just to be mindful, and mindfulness is the core concept to be in a way of Buddhism or Zen. That also is, from the viewpoint of modern society, the secret of stress reduction.
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