People who think they understood Zen, probably do not understand it. Similarly, people who think they mastered martial arts, probably do not master it. Concerning both Zen and martial arts, we never reach any goal. Rather, both get deepened by being practiced more. The more we practice it, the less we understand it; the more we understand what we do not understand. When we misunderstand as if we understood it and then stop practicing it, that will be the end. Therefore, people who think they do not understand it well and continue practicing it have attained to a deeper level of Zen or martial arts.
A Japanese psychologist and mindful martial artist, SHINTARO YUKAWA's personal essays on martial arts and ways as well as mindfulness, Zen and Tao, written both in Japanese and English. I will explore here the truth and quintessence of martial arts and ways, and hope you will know and share them. マインドフル・マーシャル・アーツ:禅とタオ (湯川進太郎・身体心理学)
May 26, 2018
After Reading Lao Tsu: Chapter 71 老子:第七一章を読んで
禅が分かったと思っている人は,おそらく分かっていない。同じく,武術をマスターしたと思っている人は,おそらくマスターしていない。禅も武も,決して何らかのゴールに達することはない。むしろどちらも,練れば練るほど深くなる。練るほどに,ますます分からなくなる。自分が分からないことがますます分かってくる。分かったと勘違いして練るのを止めたらそこで終わりである。だから,分からないと思って練り続けている人の方が,禅も武も深い。
People who think they understood Zen, probably do not understand it. Similarly, people who think they mastered martial arts, probably do not master it. Concerning both Zen and martial arts, we never reach any goal. Rather, both get deepened by being practiced more. The more we practice it, the less we understand it; the more we understand what we do not understand. When we misunderstand as if we understood it and then stop practicing it, that will be the end. Therefore, people who think they do not understand it well and continue practicing it have attained to a deeper level of Zen or martial arts.
People who think they understood Zen, probably do not understand it. Similarly, people who think they mastered martial arts, probably do not master it. Concerning both Zen and martial arts, we never reach any goal. Rather, both get deepened by being practiced more. The more we practice it, the less we understand it; the more we understand what we do not understand. When we misunderstand as if we understood it and then stop practicing it, that will be the end. Therefore, people who think they do not understand it well and continue practicing it have attained to a deeper level of Zen or martial arts.
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