Zen and the Art of Archery
In the case of archery, the hitter and the hit are no longer two opposing
objects, but are one reality.... Zen is the "everyday mind," as was proclaimed by
Baso (Ma-tsu, died 788); this "everyday mind" is no more than "sleeping when
tired, eating when hungry." As soon as we reflect, deliberate, and conceptualize,
the original unconsciousness is lost and a thought interferes. We no longer eat
while eating, we no longer sleep while sleeping. The arrow is off the string but
does not fly straight to the target, nor does the target stand where it is.
Calculation which is miscalculation sets in.
--D.T. Suzuki, in Eugen Herrigel's Zen and the Art of Archery
From Everyday Mind, a Tricycle book edited by Jean Smith
