Truth is perfect and complete in itself. It is not something newly discovered; it has always existed. Truth is not far away; it is ever present. It is not something to be attained since not one of your steps leads away from it.

Dogen Zenji

from the book Buddhism and Zen

translated by Nyogen Senzaki & Ruth Strout McCandless


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


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• Do not desire realization
• Allow the practice itself to be liberation
• Think non-thinking
• Open your mind
• Meditation posture
• The truth is the reality of mind
• Meditation is enlightenment itself
• Zen is simply the expression of truth