No need to do zazen, therefore must do zazen

[Jundo]

Need to think about Buddha before know that everything is Buddha and then no need to think about Buddha and then Bon Voyage! :-)


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I think that's about it!

[Kaishin]

Zazen holds everything, but it is also part of a larger, deeply profound religious practice.

[Andrea1974]

Great stuff!
Practice does not start and end with Zazen...life is neverending practice. In that sense I find it easier to understand that "there is no need to practice...therefore we must practice".

Gassho, A

[Jakugan]

Love the ocean metaphor.

Gassho,

Simon

[McGettigan]

It does sound paradoxical but, in my experience, thinking about this doesn't help me greatly. Others may feel differently. I sit Zazen to sit Zazen. For some time now I have recognised that my only part in the whole process is to practice. The rest will take care of itself. Why practice? What else would I do?

If pressed for an answer, though, I would say that the waves of daily life can preoccupy my mind, Zazen is a way of remembering that I am actually the ocean rather than the waves.

Gassho
Andy

That's a wonderful response Karasu. The concept of being , or seeing I already am, the ocean rather than the waves is one I'll hold in my head today. Deep bows.

Gassho,
Mc.

[YuimaSLC]

There is real value in daily recitation of verse like "Sandokai" and "Fukanzazengi" for the very reason of this discussion thread.

"The Way is originally perfect and all-prevading. How could it be contingent on practice and realization? The true vehicle is self-sufficient. What need is there for special effort? Indeed, the whole body is free from dust. Who could believe in a means to brush it clean? It is never apart from this very place, what is the use of traveling around to practice? And yet, if there is a hairsbreadth deviation, it is like the gap between heaven and earth."



gassho

Richard