javier vallhonrat

Break open a single

particle and all the sutras grow clear:

the great merit-wheel of the dharma turns as a whole.

The womb of a donkey gives birth to the noble horse.

Each time you look, you’ll see it new.

For zazen, a quiet room is suitable.

Eat and drink moderately. Cast aside all involvements

and cease all affairs. Do not think good or bad. Do not administer

pros and cons. Cease all the movements of the conscious mind,

the gauging of all thoughts and views. Have no designs on

becoming a buddha. Zazen has nothing whatever

to do with sitting or lying down.

Think of not thinking.

How do you think of not-thinking? Without thinking.

This in itself is the essential art of zazen. The zazen I speak of is not

learning meditation. It is simply the dharma-gate of repose and

bliss, the cultivation-authentication of totally culminated

enlightenment. It is the presence of

things as they are.

Dogen

fukan zazengi