The Buddha meditated for six years, Bodhidharma for nine. The practice of meditation is not a method for the attainment of realization – it is enlightenment itself.

Dogen Zenji

from the book Buddhism and Zen

source: https://www.dailyzen.com/journal/practice-of-meditation


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