Dream Walker:
green tea:
Shikantaza develops both tranquility and insight. Indeed, in the Dzogchen tradition, there is a very similar practice that is called Shamatha-Vipassana.
One will experience dukkha while doing Shikantaza, and one will gain insight.
Well green tea, we don't really know now do we? Are you sure that your definition for Shikantaza is accurate? Does everyone agree with your definition? Could someone be "just sitting" and not doing concentration or insite and still think they are meditating? Could Gregory possibly be focusing on concentration exercises or insite or both or neither?
Perhaps by direct experience and a little reading this may become clearer to him.
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To Dream Walker: Dukkha arises while labeling during the day so in shikantaza i haven't experienced it as much.
If i start shikantaza i finish shikantaza without switching to anything, i let stuff happen, i don't even label anything. it is usually equanimous.
I dont think the genuine shikantaza can be a type of concentration practice purely by definition, yet shamatha-vipassana would fit the definition you seem to be using. I don't really want to dive into semantics and stuff but in my understanding of shikantaza there is no other quality than pure mindfulness.
To clear things up a bit, i got back to shikantaza full time now and i dont experience dukkha as much as when i was full time on anapanasati. I don't know….. I am still lost but for now i am going to stick with shikantaza.
Very very much appreciate your comments guys.