Welcome to episode 1,807 of the Daily Meditation podcast.

I'm Mary Meckley and here you are as you get ready to do one of the most important things you could do for yourself, and that is to meditate.

In today's episode, we continue along with our theme this week of mental clarity and simplicity.

And we're following along with the book by So Shitsu Sen the 15th, who is the 15th Grand Tea Master of Japan.

And this is his book called Tea Life, Tea Mine.

Also in this episode, you'll layer together the different meditation techniques we've explored

throughout this week into a meditation you can do today. Now remember,

you can do these techniques, whether you are seated, meditating, or you're out and about

walking around doing errands. You can still do these techniques to instantly calm your mind and body, taking your

meditation off the mat and into your daily life.

So I'll share with you some words of wisdom from Soshitsu Sen.

This is from page 22 and 23 of his book.

He says,

Whenever I recall my arduous Rinsai Zen training,

under Gotoroshi, two of my teachers' oft-repeated sayings come to mind.

Become the inkstone that does not wear away, no matter how

many times it is rubbed, and demand, and then avidly seek to know. In 1951, the opportunity

arose for me to make a journey, my first to the United States.

At that time, I received the koan, Shujiko, or master, from Gotoroshi.

It is an important koan based on the story of the Chinese monk, Zuegan, after whom my teacher was named,

who had carried on a dialogue with himself and had come to self-understanding.

The story goes that Zui Gan devised a method of sitting alone in meditation on a rock.

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