The Sutra
"Toss attachment for body aside, realizing I am everywhere. One who is everywhere is joyous."
Paul Reps translation, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (1957)
Understanding
The body feels like the boundary of our existence, the container that defines where we end and the world begins. This technique says: toss that attachment aside. You are not confined to this body. You are everywhere - in every direction, in every being, in every particle. The one who realizes this omnipresence is joyous, because limitation is the only source of suffering. When you know yourself as boundless, joy is your natural state.
Original Sanskrit
विशुद्धबुद्धो भैरव इत्येतावदनुभावतः ॥
vishuddhabuddho bhairava ityetaavadanubhaavatah ||
Vijnanabhairava Verse 90 (Technique 67 of 112)
How to Practice
Sit quietly and feel your body. Notice how you normally feel confined within it, limited by its skin.
Now consciously release the attachment to the body as your boundary. You are not this body alone.
Feel yourself expanding beyond the body - filling the room, extending through the walls.
Keep expanding. You are in the trees, the sky, the earth, the distant stars. You are everywhere.
Feel the joy that comes with this realization. Limitation creates anxiety. Boundlessness creates joy.
Rest in the recognition: I am everywhere. This is not imagination - it is your true nature remembered.
Duration
20-30 minutes
Best Time
Early morning or open-air settings
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