What is Boxwood Zen?
From the Zen koan book ‘Entangling Vines’
Case 32 Lan’an’s “Being and Nonbeing”
Yuanwu looked over at Dahui, then turned to Zhao and said, “This
fellow is practicing boxwood Zen.”
The boxwood tree is said to be extremely slow-growing,
and even to shrink during leap years. “Boxwood Zen” often
refers to the Zen of students who, though slow to awaken,
are earnest and unswerving in their practice.
A PDF of Entangling Vines can be found here.
This is a collection of observations that have appeared during meditation. I found that if I wrote them down they’d leave my thought-space and I was free to continue the practice after that. I’ve filled up countless books now and wanted to share with anyone who finds their way here. Here also are some poems, and thoughts about koans peppered in. Everything is original and unique, that’s the only rule I have for myself.
If you’re interested in getting started in meditation, I recommend a Theravada Buddhism approach to start, and to follow the 16 steps of Anapanasati.
Emails can be sent to boxwoodzen@boxwoodzen.com
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