"Sitting Zazen for you is sitting Zazen for the World." - Zen Teacher Jundo (TreeLeaf.org).

“A bird in its passage

leaves no traces of its flight,

So why look for stages

on that dark and solitary road

which leads deep within?”

Qingyuan

The most beautiful things in this world often are pure blossoms of not-doing. - Zen teacher Taigu

One might run around the mountain looking for the mountain. Or, sit very still and find the mountain. - Zen Teacher Jundo

By stopping the search, something precious is truly found! - Zen Teacher Jundo

"Life is complete when one allows life to be complete." - Zen Teacher Jundo

The Pursuit of Happiness

http://www.treeleaf.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2921

"Each step-by-step of the race itself IS the destination fully attained, the finish line is ever underfoot."

This is a very well written explanation of Zen. I am glad that I am associated to this Sangha. Treeleaf.org keeps on sprouting blossoms of joy.

Just click on the link...

Treeleaf Zendo • View topic - Sit-a-Long with Jundo: Zazen for Beginners (Part V)

"What is called sitting-zen, sitting-meditation, is not meditation that is learned. It is the Dharma-gate of effortless ease." - Dogen.

The mind is like a noisy kitchen blender… filled with all kinds of rattlin’ stuff.

"The mind is like a noisy kitchen blender… filled with all kinds of rattlin’ stuff." - Zen Master Jundo of the TreeLeaf.org Sangha.