Taking a brief moment out of my busy, goal driven week to share an insight that I find so comforting today.

“Regardless of how long you sit, the Buddha Dharma never appears because it is already here!

Reveal it!
Do not cover it up!”

~ Maezumi Roshi

I like this way of thinking on what we are doing when we sit zazen. It’s so counter to what I do all the time in my every workaday life. I get so caught up in the cycle of attaining things that it’s a welcome relief to sit just to sit and not sit to ‘attain’ enlightenment or some great state of being.