brain; it is always I who am thinking.

To practice true Zen meditation means to sit without the

THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SUPREME WAY The experience of the Supreme Way forms the very heart of true Zen Buddhism. In fact, it is the experience of seeing into our own nature, also referred to as “awakening,” that qualifies Zen as a form of Mahayana Buddhism. Without it Zen would descend to the level of mere intellectual musing.

He teaches that by practicing Zen and coming to the same experience as Shakyamuni Buddha — the realization of the empty-oneness of all beings — we can transcend the divisions that separate us and find true peace in our hearts and in this world.

Zen Buddhism provides a different answer by declaring unequivocally that we ourselves are nothing but perfect, complete, infinite, and absolute existence.

We must encounter that True Self in actual experience to the point where we can embody it as truth. Otherwise it will never have the power to bring us to a state of true peace.

But it is very difficult to actually persist, embodying the content of enlightenment so that it becomes part of our daily lives.

What is Zen? Simply put, Zen is a practice of discovering one’s true self by direct experience, and personalizing that discovery in day-today life.

It was a case where the development of concentration in one kind of practice brought about results in Zen practice.