Hidden Zen by Meido Moore

Author:Meido Moore [Moore, Meido]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2020-10-13T00:00:00+00:00

The Functions of Internal Energetic Cultivation Practices

We may say that internal energetic cultivation practices can function differently according to the conditions of the student. This is no surprise since, as we discussed, all Zen practices may be used generally in at least one of three ways: to help the student dissolve obstructions to awakening, to cause the student to suddenly arrive at awakening, and to help the student revisit and embody awakening as part of the actualization of becoming Buddha.

I repeat these points here so that it will be clear, as with the practices of direct pointing, how practices of internal cultivation serve to fulfill the promise of Bodhidharma’s four lines. But speaking now more specifically, we may say that these practices have four main functions:

• Calming and unifying the body-mind

• Radiating vital energy (ki)

• Creating conditions for profound samadhi

• Causing realization to penetrate the body

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