Shikantaza, our zazen, is just to be ourselves. When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves. That is our way, to live fully in each moment of time. This practice continues forever. We say, “each moment”, but in your actual practice a “moment” is too long because in that “moment” your mind is already involved in following the next breath. So we say, even in a snap of your fingers there are millions of instants of time. This way we can emphasize the feeling of existing in each instant of time.

Shunryu Suzuki

from the book Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen

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• Wherever you are, enlightenment is there
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