Zen is very simple...What are you?
In this whole world everyone searches for happiness outside, but nobody understands their true self inside. Everybody says, 'I'..'I want this, I am like that'..But nobody understands this 'I'. If you sincerely ask, 'What am I?' sooner or later you will run into a wall where all thinking is cut off. We call this 'Don't Know'.
Zen is keeping this 'Don't know' mind always and everywhere.
When walking, standing, sitting, lying down, speaking, being silent, moving, being still..At all times, in all places, without interruption..One's mind is in calmness.
Meditation in Zen means keeping don't-know mind when bowing, chanting and sitting Zen. This is formal Zen practice. And when doing something, just do it.
Finally, your don't-know mind will become clear. Then you can see the sky, only blue. You can see the tree, only green. Your mind is like a clear mirror. Red comes, the mirror is red; white comes the mirror is white.
There is no desire for myself, only for all beings.
That mind is what we call Great Love, Great Compassion.
By/Zen Master Seung Sahn
The Delaware Valley Zen Center
Salam,
Cherine
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