Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Step This Way

"Our life can be seen as a crossing of a river. The goal of our life's effort is to reach the other shore, Nirvana. Prajna paramita, the true wisdom of life, is that in each step of the way, the other shore is actually reached."--Shunryu Suzuki

This is true. It takes time, however, to realize that no time is required. The purpose of Zen practice is to awaken us to this fact.
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