We Must Always Be Disturbed By The

People Like What Is Not True And They Don't Like What Is True.

In The Mundane, Nothing Is Sacred. In Sacredness, Nothing Is Mundane.

The Zazen I Speak Of Is Not Learning Meditation. It Is Simply The Dharma Gate Of Repose And Bliss, The Practice-realization Of Totally Culminated Enlightenment. It Is The Manifestation Of Ultimate Reality. Traps And Snares Can Never Reach It. Once Its Heart Is Grasped, You Are Like The Dragon When He Gains The Water, Like The Tiger When She Enters The Mountain. For You Must Know That Just There (in Zazen) The Right Dharma Is Manifesting Itself And That, From The First, Dullness And Distraction Are Struck Aside.

The Coming And Going Of Birth And Death Is A Painting. Unsurpassed Enlightenment Is A Painting. The Entire Phenomenal Universe And The Empty Sky Are Nothing But A Painting.

That You Carry Yourself Forward And Experience The Myriad Things Is Delusion. That The Myriad Things Come Forward And Experience Themselves Is Awakening