Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
But if they attain it, it is nothing.
But yet, it is not nothing.
Do you understand?
For a mother with children,
Having children is nothing special.
That is zazen.
So if you continue this practice, more and more you will acquire something.
Nothing special.
But nevertheless, something
You may say universal nature or Buddha nature or enlightenment.
You may call it by many names.
But for the person who has it, it is nothing and it is something.
Buddha nature is just another name for human nature.
The most important thing is to express your true nature in the simplest, most adequate way and to appreciate it in the smallest existence.
While you are continuing this practice, week after week, year after year, your experience will become deeper and deeper.
All dualistic ideas.
In other words, just practice Zazen in a certain posture.
Then, eventually you will resume your own true nature.
That is to say, your own true nature