Here, Now, Nothing Else

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You must concentrate on zazen. Only zazen. Here, now, nothing else. Not the zazen of yesterday, not the zazen of tomorrow. This zazen, this breath, this posture. If you can truly be here, completely, for just one moment—that is satori.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Taisen Deshimaru

Lineage: Sōtō

By Taisen Deshimaru

• Just Sitproverb
• The Cosmos in the Postureproverb
• Automatic Thinkingproverb
• Observe Your Own Mindproverb
• Mushotoku: Without Seeking Gainsaying

From Teachings of Taisen Deshimaru

• Just Sit
• The Cosmos in the Posture
• Automatic Thinking
• Observe Your Own Mind
• Mushotoku: Without Seeking Gain
• Hishiryo: Beyond Thinking
• The Posture Is the Teaching
• True Zen Is Useless
• Shikantaza: Only Sit
• Kontin and Sanran: The Two Sicknesses of Zazen

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Kusen of Taisen Deshimaru

  Teachings of Taisen Deshimaru: Here, Now, Nothing Else