Zazen fills the whole universe! (Monday Zoom Zen 158)

Todays quotes from Sawaki Kodo Roshi's "To You": The reason the buddha-dharma fills the whole universe is because it doesn’t offer anything you can grab onto. Making a constant effort isn’t difficult if you don’t grab onto anything. Zazen is transparent. It has no flavor. When we give zazen a flavor, it becomes something for ordinary people. Zazen isn’t so fashionable. What’s fashionable is what comes natural for an ordinary person, like the fight over winning and losing in sports. Zazen isn’t fashionable because it’s flavorless and ungraspable. It doesn’t interest childish people. The immense, transparent sky isn’t the same thing as a bonsai tree or little statues for your little altar. It’s infinitely vast. Nonetheless, people prefer trimming around on their bonsai trees or tending to their little statues. You want flavoring for your consciousness. That’s why you’re not impressed by the transparent, tasteless buddha-dharma. 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 May 25th. 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