Shoun became a teacher of Soto Zen. When he was still a student his father passed away, leaving him to care for his old mother.
Whenever Shoun went to a meditation hall he always took his mother with him. Since she accompanied him, when...
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Well every time you go to a new place where you have never been before it is an amazing experience. It is the same thing to the austronauts especially going to space. But it seems those experiences does not result to enlightenment..
"Not relying on the words and letters, Teachings are transmitted outside the Scriptures; Pointing directly into one's mind, then one can see into his own nature and attains Buddhahood."
Bodhidharma says its indescribable yet comprehensible.