Sitting Meditation

 

When meditating, why not sit?

When sitting, why not meditate?

Only when you have understood this way

Is it called sitting meditation.

Who is it that sits? What is meditation?

To try to seat it is using Buddha

To look for Buddha.

Buddha need not be sought;

Seeking takes you further away.

In sitting you do not look at yourself;

Meditation is not an external art.

At first, the mind is noisy and unruly;

There is still no choice but to shift it back.

Foyan (1067-1120)

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