Toan Sunim's Dharma Talk (3 of 7) from the Winter Retreat 2020

Three characteristics of water inspire us to practice humility. “Prostrations is a practice at the heart of zen, and expresses our humility.” “Meditation is about prostrations, and prostrations is about meditation.” “An illiterate peasant may be more wise than even a learned scholar.” “It is impossible to deepen meditation practice using learning and our rational mind…Meditation practice demands we let go of knowledge, thoughts, opinions…In order to really see deeply, humility must be at the heart of our practice.” “To fuse our attention with our practice, we have to become empty, and humility is the basis for this emptiness.” Given Morning of December 27th 2020 from Mexico