Wall Gazing

[bokki]

LOL!
that is just d best gif i saw! LOL! ever!
lol, i just love cats!
thnx Azaelis!
....
master and margarita,bulgakov
LOL
pure puer!

[dharmadhope]

and so who are you, after all?

I am part of the power which forever wills evil and
forever works good.

LO
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[dharmadhope]

(goethe: faust)

[SunWuKong]

What I like about Zen is that everything can be summed up in its entirety precisely by saying nothing at all.

[MattiV]

When I started practicing zazen about two and a half years ago, I started with wall gazing right away. It felt like such a cool idea and I didn't have a teacher to tell me 'no, you can't do it'. I don't have elaborate philosophical reasons for this particular form of practice, I just practice it.

[Malcolm]

In Bodhidharma's case "wall gazing" likely meant not a physical posture but maintaining the mind like a wall, that is, without discrimination or attachment to emotions and ideas.

According to the Tibetan translation of Bodhidharma's account, the Chinese term "facing a wall" is translated as "Facing reality."

[clyde]

Malcolm; I remember you sharing the Tibetan translation of “facing a wall” (“facing reality”) many years ago and it’s stuck with me. Thank you.