Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Non-discursive Thinking


After 40 minutes of zazen, wrestling in my mind with how one might do non-discursive thinking, I was saved by the bell. Then, some refreshments. I told a priest standing around that I'd been thinking about non-discursive thinking. He smiled and I got it. That doesn't work either.

Guess it is back to the drawing board.

1 comment:

Paula Gable said...

Oh yes. Thinking about non-thinking. That's always a good one. At least you noticed it and could smile back. P

Reflections on Talks on Buddha's Lists

During a recent Appamada Intensive our students gave talks on Buddha's lists. Here are my reflections on their talks.