Zazen Is Good for Nothing

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Zazen is good for nothing. Until you understand this, zazen won't work for you. As long as you sit with some purpose, some goal, some expectation, you are not doing zazen. True zazen is sitting with no gaining idea whatsoever.

license: public_domain

Attribution

• Attributed To
  Kodo Sawaki

Lineage: Sōtō

By Kodo Sawaki

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Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Collected sayings of Kodo Sawaki

  Sayings of Kodo Sawaki: Zazen Is Good for Nothing