To You (Zen & Zazen 145), January 19th 2026

Описание: 30 minutes of silent sitting followed by a Zoom talk and discussion in English. The dharma talk starts at 33:40

Sitting instructions:    • Invitation to online zazen and sitting ins...  

Todays quotes from Sawaki Kodo Roshi's "To You":

Whatever it is you’re trying to grasp, even if you get it, sooner or later you’ll lose it again.
True wealth is not grasping for anything. It’s shining our light inwards and reflecting upon ourselves. When we take a step back, we see that there’s nothing to grasp, nothing to run after and nothing to run away from. Reality doesn’t arise and doesn’t pass, it’s neither pure nor impure, it neither increases nor decreases.

A monk, Yakuzan, is practicing zazen and his teacher, Master Sekitō, asks him, “What are you doing there?”
“I’m not doing anything at all.”
“If you’re not doing anything at all, does that mean that you’re just passing the time?”
“If I were passing the time, then I’d be doing something, but I’m not even doing that.”
“You say you’re doing nothing. What is it that you’re not doing?”
“Even a thousand wise men couldn’t know it.”
Nothing is as still and noble as this zazen that even a thousand wise men couldn’t know, the zazen which Yakuzan practiced and Master Sekitō praised.
These days there are some masters who you can sit with for a week, and for a nice sum of money you’re guaranteed a kenshō experience. It’s obvious that anything like that has nothing to do with Yakuzan’s zazen which even a thousand wise men couldn’t know. Sitting and practicing that which even a thousand wise men couldn’t know is the meaning of simply sitting, shikantaza.

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/

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