Teachings

Each of us is utterly enmeshed with everything else in this universe.

Enlightenment is not special; It means just let go, just now. So we call that “Don’t Know." Don’t Know means not attached to thinking.

We just sat for one half hour. Sometimes the clock goes very slow, sometimes it goes very fast. Sometimes your leg hurts, sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes your mind is clear, sometimes it is not. Here’s the interesting thing, all of that was yours. That was your experience. That wasn’t anybody else’s idea, that was your idea. That’s what Zen means, “make your life yours."

That's what I like about Zen: You don't have to be so smart, you don't have to memorize anything,

That's what I always like about Zen: You don’t have to be smart, you don’t have to memorize anything, you don’t even have to know anything.
You just need to wake up, just now.