What is Boxwood Zen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the Zen koan book \u2018Entangling Vines\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Case 32 Lan\u2019an\u2019s \u201cBeing and Nonbeing\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuanwu looked over at Dahui, then turned to Zhao and said, \u201cThis The boxwood tree is said to be extremely slow-growing, 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you’re interested in getting started in meditation, I recommend a Theravada Buddhism<\/a> approach to start, and to follow the 16 steps of Anapanasati<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please take a look through the menu at the top. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is Boxwood Zen? From the Zen koan book \u2018Entangling Vines\u2019 Case 32 Lan\u2019an\u2019s \u201cBeing and Nonbeing\u201d Yuanwu looked over at Dahui, then turned to Zhao and said, \u201cThisfellow is practicing boxwood Zen.\u201d The boxwood tree is said to be extremely slow-growing,and even to shrink during leap years. \u201cBoxwood Zen\u201d oftenrefers to the Zen of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boxwoodzen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boxwoodzen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boxwoodzen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boxwoodzen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boxwoodzen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/boxwoodzen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195,"href":"https:\/\/boxwoodzen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boxwoodzen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
fellow is practicing boxwood Zen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and even to shrink during leap years. \u201cBoxwood Zen\u201d often
refers to the Zen of students who, though slow to awaken,
are earnest and unswerving in their practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n