Sublime

This attitude of “acting as a Buddha” is particularly stressed in the Soto School, where both za-zen and the round of daily activities are not at all seen as means to an end but as the actual realization of Buddhahood.

To do Zen practice, we have to desire a certain kind of a life. In traditional terms, it’s a life in which our vows override our ordinary personal considerations: we must be determined that our lives develop a universal context and that the lives of others also develop that context. If we’re at a stage in our lives (and it’s not good or bad, it’s

Teishin,

Some people fight boredom in meditation, yet to be bored can be a good thing; it can mean the beginning of an appreciation for bare, plain qualities. Enduring your own consciousness is so valuable, I thought, Why shouldn’t a koan be there just to bore you? In this way, might not you appreciate your mind even when it is not being amused or having a

Koans required a humility that is really a kind of plainness in approaching life without drama and ulterior motives.

Bodhiruchi,

The first is a quality of peace.