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
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source: https://www.dailyzen.com/journal/practice-of-meditation
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Further quotes from the book Buddhism and Zen :
- Allow the practice itself to be liberation
- Think non-thinking
- Truth is ever present
- Open your mind
- Meditation posture
- The truth is the reality of mind
- Zen is simply the expression of truth
- Do not desire realization