Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi
Zen Mountain Monastery, New York, Sunday 02/05/2023
From Master Wu-men’s Gateless Gate, Case 33 – Ma-tsu: “No Mind, No Buddha”
These things we seek and questions we have… What is Buddha? What is enlightenment? What is peace, compassion, … When we seek something we must know something about it, no? Otherwise how would we know to seek it? Shugen Roshi encourages us to let go of what we think we know; see what happens when we let go of our understanding. Including our understanding of “letting go”.
