Method and routine
may be hard to separate —
Work it out in time
No matter the tool —
Whatever materials —
The method is Zen
Let’s keep it simple.
It’s complicated enough
without our meddling.
What is the problem?
Is there a real solution?
We have a method.
Chance is not random.
Synergy is arising —
in Design or Zen.
What did he intend —
the design intent of Zen?
We are still learning.
What is the problem?
Buddha defined it as Dukkha —
I say Upaya.
Rinzai or Soto?
It does not make much diff’rence —
if you are sincere.
Skillful means or not,
it is still all up to you —
not your teacher’s fault!
Amongst the many,
there is only one true Way:
the natural Zen!
See the real dragon —
but make sure you hear its roar —
the meaning of Life!
Sitting Zen takes time —
but time is all that you have.
Please spend it wisely.
Who you gonna call?
Where you gonna look for it?
Look in the mirror!
All of the teachings
are met within this zazen:
pure meditation!
Contradictory —
that is pure meditation:
it is in your mind.
Pure means nondual —
like Original Nature:
pure impurity.
Pure meditation —
how “pure” can it really be?
Just sit and find out.
Extensive record
of Master Dogen’s Zen mind
and still not enough
Renunciation
is not simply leaving home —
it is homelessness!
What is it, really —
this so-called upright sitting?
It’s your everything.