There's some discussion about whether the terms "silent illumination" and "shikanatza" mean the same thing - but at the very least they're similar! Today's quote is from Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method by Rebecca Li that resonated strongly with me:
Silent Illumination is often called the method of no-method because it does not ask us to focus the mind on any particular object such as the breath. There is nothing to do, but you can’t do nothing, so you have to start with something. It is a way of clear and total open awareness, moment-to-moment experience that simultaneously reveals our intrinsic enlightenment. Silent Illumination is a relaxing into the present that allows us to shed our habits of self-centered attachment—and consequently our suffering—without force, like leaves falling from a tree in autumn.
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