All questionsQuestions about:Daily life Personal challenges Sutras Zazen Zen tradition

Subscribe to our Newsletter

If you want to know about the past, look at the present outcome. If you want to know the future, look at how you are right now...

Harada Roshi

< Back to Question and Answer

You point to the mind which perceives directly without mediation a mind which just sees hears smells etc. If this direct perception takes over, what do happens to my personal history, my personality, my social relationships, my karma - all relying on mediation and memory?

August 21, 2014, 8:44 amThis is how things truly and simply are: Open all your senses and become the purified mirror. Then finally you can let go of all memories and be completely present.

You point to the mind which perceives directly without mediation a mind which just sees hears smells etc. If this direct perception takes over, what do happens to my personal history, my personality, my social relationships, my karma - all relying on mediation and memory?

Due to Roshi's busy schedule this year, we are currently not accepting any new questions at this time

Your question to Harada Roshi

Please check previous questions before submitting to avoid duplication