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 One of the most significant feature is that art is not practical or simply enjoy the fun, but to exercise the mind; Indeed, the heart of intelligent access to the ultimate truth. Therefore, not only for archery targets to hit; swordsman, wielding a sword is not only to defeat an opponent; dancers dance performance of the body not only to a certain rhythm. The mind must first be familiar with no thought.

If a person truly become masters of an art, technical knowledge is not enough. He must make the technique of sublimation, so that entry into non-art is art of art, from the bottom in no thought into.

in archery, the archer targets are no longer two opposite things, but a whole. Not aware that he is a striker you want to hit people across the targets of themselves. Only when a person is completely empty, free from self in order to achieve such a state of no thought, and he became one with the perfect skill; but which bears a very mysterious thing, not by any step by step approach to learning the skills to achieve.

Zen and all other religious, philosophical, mystical teachings of Dharma biggest difference is that Buddhism has never been out of the scope of our daily lives, even though his practice of practical and clear, but it has something to make him independent and objective confusion and uncertainty in the world outside.

Here we come into contact with the relationship between Zen and archery, and other arts such as kendo, ikebana, tea ceremony, dance, and painting and so on.

Zen is a sense of balance, such as the Zen master Mazu (died AD seven or eight) said: unbiased is Once we began to reflect,UGG boots clearance, meditate, to the concept of things, the most original idea will be lost without, thoughts began to intervene. We no longer eat really eat, sleep, sleep is no longer true. Arrow has cosine, but no direct flights to the target, the target has not in place. Misleading calculations began to appear. The direction of all the archery error. Mental confusion shooter in all activities have deviated from their own.

will think of human biology, but the great achievements of mankind are not calculating and thinking in the case generated. After many years of training in self-forgetting, human beings can achieve a state of childlike innocence. In this state, the human race to think about not thinking. His thinking is like the sky falling rain, ocean waves, stars twinkling sky, flying in the spring green leaves. Indeed, he is the rain, oceans, stars, and green leaves.

When a person has reached such a spiritual realm, he is a Zen master in the art of life. He does not like a painter needs as canvas, brushes and paints; he does not like a striker needs as bows and arrows, targets of themselves and other tools. He has his limbs, body, head and other parts. His Zen is through all these The painting is called history.

speech Wuzu Hill Master of Law (died AD 1140) said: - West - to - Italy (Note: This is the literal meaning of five words is . this topic is often mentioned in the Zen, which means asking the core meaning of Zen. at the appropriate understanding, the Zen is its own..) this, I shop from my Desks, deep bow to worship. performance deserve our highest respect? , the reader, the question remains: Zen Archery to experience a vivid report of their experience. Through his expression, the Western reader will be able to find a more familiar way to face a strange and often inaccessible Oriental experience.