Yes-But-Mind vs. Don't-Know-Mind

[SodaChanh]

I like this video on the Don't Know Mind

 

 

[Mark Foote]

 

She's discussing something altogether different, but I thought it was worth noting that Sojun Mel Weitsman said this about Shunryu Suzuki's teaching:

 

He said that the secret of Soto Zen is "yes, but."

 

("Wind Bell", S. F. Zen Center, vol. XXXlll no. 2 FALL/ WINTER 1999, "introduction to "Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness" BY Mel Weitsman, p 15)

 

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 06:49 PM by Mark Foote

[Tommy]

I am not that sophisticated to understand the difference between "Yes- but-mind" and "Don't-know-mind". So correct me if I am wrong. The whole thing seems to be about the attitude in which one approaches the sitting?? Or is there something else I am missing?

Edited 15 hours ago by Tommy

[SodaChanh]

5 hours ago, Tommy said:

I am not that sophisticated to understand the difference between "Yes- but-mind" and "Don't-know-mind". So correct me if I am wrong. The whole thing seems to be about the attitude in which on approaches the sitting?? Or is there something else I am missing?

 

What is your next thought going to be? 

[Tommy]

14 hours ago, SodaChanh said:

 

What is your next thought going to be? 

And this affects the sitting how? When the point of just sitting is .. to not follow thoughts or chase thoughts, how does it relate? When just sitting is .. to allow one to not identify with thoughts and to be present? What is your next thought going to be?

Edited 15 hours ago by Tommy

[SodaChanh]

10 hours ago, Tommy said:

And this affects the sitting how? When the point of just sitting is .. to not follow thoughts or chase thoughts, how does it relate? When just sitting is .. to allow one to not identify with thoughts and to be present? What is your next thought going to be?

 

Yes but... 

 

You see?