"Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.
The Buddha meditated for six years, Bodhidharma for nine. The practice of meditation is not a method for the attainment of realization—it is enlightenment itself."
-Zen Master Dogen, "The Practice of Meditation"
The Buddha meditated for six years, Bodhidharma for nine. The practice of meditation is not a method for the attainment of realization—it is enlightenment itself."
-Zen Master Dogen, "The Practice of Meditation"
From "Teachings of the Buddha," edited by Jack Kornfield, 1993. Reprinted by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Boston, www.shambhala.com.
To really appreciate this quotation, one needs to find a stillness in mind to be able to actually hear and become clear on the connectedness and unity to all things. It is well worth the effort of meditation however to find such a stillness, and in stillness from our lives that appear too busy, comes some sort of relief and vision for a better life.
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