Shunryu Suzuki Roshi

Zen practice is the direct expression of our true nature.

Of course, whatever we do is the expression of our true nature.

But without this practice, it is difficult to realize this.

It is our human nature to be active and the nature of every existence.

As long as we are alive, we are always doing something.

But as long as you think,

I am doing this, or I have to do this, or I must attain something special, you are actually not doing anything.

When you give up, when you no longer want something, or when you do not try to do anything special, then you do something

In Zazen, what you are doing is not for the sake of anything.

You may feel as if you are doing something special, but actually it is only the expression of your true nature.

But as long as you think you are practicing Zazen for the sake of something, that is not true practice.

If you continue this simple practice every day, you will obtain a wonderful power.

Before you attain it, it is something wonderful.

But after you obtain it, it is nothing special.

It was nothing special.

Roseanne famous for its misty mountains, Seiko for its water.

People think it must be wonderful to see the famous range of mountains covered by mists, and the water said to cover all the earth.

But if you go there, you will just see water and mountains, nothing special.

It is a kind of mystery that for people who have no experience of enlightenment,

Enlightenment is something wonderful.