Shikantaza as non-seperation
"Shikantaza is generally rendered in English
as Just Sitting. And how we tend to interpret that is that we sit without
expectation of gain or achievement".
"This translation of Just Sitting is
unfortunately terse and a problem which we often come accross in translating
terms from Chinese or Japanese, because the primary meaning of Just Sitting is
not Sitting without an expectation of gain. The primary meaning of Just Sitting
is non-separation. In other words, when there is sitting, there isn't a self
and a world. There is simply "this". And hence, the self and the
world disappear into this Just Sitting".
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