Being dragged around by zazen—isn’t that the happiest form of life you can imagine? (Monday Zen 154)

Todays quotes from Sawaki Kodo Roshi's "To You": Zazen is unsatisfying. Unsatisfying for whom? For the ordinary person. People are never satisfied. In our Sōtō school, zazen isn’t so exciting. Ordinary people are always looking for excitement—sports, gambling on horse races and things like that. What makes them so popular? It’s the excitement of winning and losing. Isn’t it self-evident? How could that which is eternal and infinite ever satisfy human desires? Unsatisfying: simply practicing zazen. Unsatisfying: realizing zazen with this body. Unsatisfying: absorbing zazen into your flesh and blood. Being watched by zazen, cursed by zazen, blocked by zazen, dragged around by zazen, every day crying tears of blood—isn’t that the happiest form of life you can imagine? My book: https://books2read.com/ZazenAndThePat... Online "Zen and Zazen" every Monday from 20:00~20:50 Japanese time (12:00 in Central Europe during the winter, 13:00 during the summer), hosted by my friend Xuan ‪@ashtangaxuan‬: https://xuan.yoga/zen-and-zazen/ Next Zen and Zazen class will be on April 20th. If you want to join, please send me an e-mail to get a Zoom link and password. You can find my e-mail address in this video:    • New Zoom address and password. Email me by...   I also livestream yoga and zazen every Sunday from 6:30 am Japanese time on my main channel ‪@muho‬ Donations: https://www.paypal.me/muhonoelke #dharma #meditation #dogen