a Zen Breeze

In our life there are the two aspects of body and mind. Our aim in practicing zazen is to realize oneness of body and mind, and ultimately to enter the state of “Samadhi”. We also call this state “ Dhyaana”. “Samadhi” and “ Dhyaana” are old Indian words. We translated these into Japanese as Zanmai and Zen-jyo. In this state of　“Samadhi”，you are happy and at peace, you see that just “Being” without getting something special is happiness, your true and pure self is happy by nature.


How to practice Zen in life.
For example, when you stand in the baseball batter’s box to hit the ball, you take up a batting stance(form) with your body. But, if you are thinking about yesterday’s quarrel with your girl friend “Sally” in the batter’s box, your body and mind are separate and you cannot hit well.
You say “Oho Sally I am sorry!”
We call this “Hosin 放心” in Japanese. It means absence of mind.
If your mind is always separate from body, you cannot live a real life and you could become mentally ill. On the other hand, when you take up a nice correct batting stance with your body, your mind also becomes only “batting mind” of here and now. Then you will hit a home runs like our great japanese baseball players Matsui and Ichiro. This is positive “Samadhi” batting. When your body and mind come together as oneness in every situation, you will be able to exercise fully your ability to attain intuition and to realize a sound and happy life day by day.


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