The bright mirror

The body is the tree of awakening. The mind is like a bright mirror on its stand. Wipe it clean again and again, and do not let dust collect.

Shenxiu, The Platform Sutra

How to sit with it

Practice as daily care. What needs wiping clean today?

Read it once more, slowly. Then sit for two minutes and let it stay in the background. There is nothing to solve. New to this? Read what a koan is.