Hidden Zen of Wing Chun: A Journey into Original Mind

A RICH AND FASCINATING journey into the nature of Original Mind, this book invites the reader to explore the hidden Zen of a martial art called Wing Chun, most often translated from Cantonese as Beautiful Springtime. Beginning with the foundational practices of breath, posture, vision, and spirit, this story travels the narrow path of Wing Chun training and its relationship to the embodied nature of Zen. From spontaneous, direct, and sincere forms of interactions to repeating cycles of thought, action, and awareness, Wing Chun’s unique communication model is slowly revealed. This communication, arising from the mindfulness of an empty-mind, elevates our spontaneous nonverbal expressions into a precise language. Once understood, this language reveals a path of practice pointing directly to the mind. In walking the path, we become the path. In becoming the path, we realize in the most profound way that we always were the path. Read more