To say that one practices zazen in order to become an enlightened person is like saying one practices medicine to become a doctor. To practice medicine is to be a doctor. To practice zazen is to be enlightened. Enlightenment is not a static state of achievement; it is the active undertaking of the way exemplified in zazen.
— T. P. Kasulis, Zen Action, Zen Person (University Press of Hawaii, 1981), 78
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What a good reminder! We are very much a goal/degree/accomplishment oriented culture, aren’t we?
thanks, this holds true for meditation and yoga as well I guess ? at least it feels that way