When we confront an enemy, we would get stuck in various things. There are innumerable things like what kind of person he/she is, how he/she will use the sword, from what distance he/she will step forward, or at what timing he/she will. It is being stuck that we want to control ourselves as well as to know the opponent. In any case, immediately after we get stuck in a thing, we will not pay any attention to the other things. Takuan explained that, If so, we will lose as a result. When we are not aware of our mind, it tends to unconsciously get stuck in something, and unintentionally chase it only. Mindfulness is, based on concentration with which we are not dragged by anything automatically, to observe the whole gently and evenly without paying attention to a certain thing only. That is the core of Buddhism which the Buddha showed us, and the state to which Zen directs us. It is not to be stuck in the past and the future, but to observe the "here-now" reality in front of us. It is not to be stuck in a certain thing "here-now" but to observe the whole. For reducing stress, smoothing interpersonal relationships, and achieving goals successfully, this is the secret.
July 25, 2018
After Reading Takuan: Part 2 不動智神妙録を読んで２
敵と相対すれば，いろいろなものにとらわれる。どんな人間か，どんな太刀筋（剣筋，拳筋）か，どんな間合いから来るか，どんなタイミングで来るかなど，数え上げれば限りない。相手を知ろうとする一方で，自分を制御しようとするのもとらわれである。とにかく何かにとらわれれば，その時点でその他が留守になる。そうなれば結果的にやられてしまうと，沢庵は説く。我々の心は，放っておくと気づかぬうちに何かにとらわれ，ついそればかりを追いかけてしまう。マインドフルネスとは，自動的に引っ張られない集中力を基礎にしつつ，しかし，ただ一点にだけ集中することなく全体をふわりと万遍なく観察することである。それがブッダの示す仏教的核心であり，禅が示す境地である。過去や未来にとらわれず，「今ここ」の目の前の現実を観る。「今ここ」の何かにとらわれず，全体を観る。ストレスを減らすにも，人間関係を円滑にするにも，目標を首尾良く達成するにも，これは極意となる。
When we confront an enemy, we would get stuck in various things. There are innumerable things like what kind of person he/she is, how he/she will use the sword, from what distance he/she will step forward, or at what timing he/she will. It is being stuck that we want to control ourselves as well as to know the opponent. In any case, immediately after we get stuck in a thing, we will not pay any attention to the other things. Takuan explained that, If so, we will lose as a result. When we are not aware of our mind, it tends to unconsciously get stuck in something, and unintentionally chase it only. Mindfulness is, based on concentration with which we are not dragged by anything automatically, to observe the whole gently and evenly without paying attention to a certain thing only. That is the core of Buddhism which the Buddha showed us, and the state to which Zen directs us. It is not to be stuck in the past and the future, but to observe the "here-now" reality in front of us. It is not to be stuck in a certain thing "here-now" but to observe the whole. For reducing stress, smoothing interpersonal relationships, and achieving goals successfully, this is the secret.
When we confront an enemy, we would get stuck in various things. There are innumerable things like what kind of person he/she is, how he/she will use the sword, from what distance he/she will step forward, or at what timing he/she will. It is being stuck that we want to control ourselves as well as to know the opponent. In any case, immediately after we get stuck in a thing, we will not pay any attention to the other things. Takuan explained that, If so, we will lose as a result. When we are not aware of our mind, it tends to unconsciously get stuck in something, and unintentionally chase it only. Mindfulness is, based on concentration with which we are not dragged by anything automatically, to observe the whole gently and evenly without paying attention to a certain thing only. That is the core of Buddhism which the Buddha showed us, and the state to which Zen directs us. It is not to be stuck in the past and the future, but to observe the "here-now" reality in front of us. It is not to be stuck in a certain thing "here-now" but to observe the whole. For reducing stress, smoothing interpersonal relationships, and achieving goals successfully, this is the secret.
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