Zen and daily life

If you think ZEN is beyond ordinary life,
you will never find it.

Zen is an attitude, a view, a way of living.
In fact, there are not any "Zen activities".

When somebody reaches Zen mind,
all his activities become Zen.

It does not matter what activity you do;
What does matter is your level of awareness.

It is true that if you become a Zen Master,
you can use any Art as a door to Zen.

Unless you find a genuine Zen master,
your practice of supposed "zen activities"
will not help you to wake up.

You can reach mastery of many arts,
but that does not transform you into a Zen
practitioner.

Like clouds in the sky, thoughts will
pass by, and nothing will fetter you:
ordinary mind, ordinary life.

Zen Mind: flowing

You can deceive yourself,
thinking that you are a Zen practitioner,
but unless you find a genuine master,
who mirrors your own limitations,
you will never face your wall.

A zen practitioner is not a standardized product;
He is a unique mind, with his own knots to untie.
He does not cling to dead zazen,
but makes his ordinary life zazen.

If you reach the fifth ox,
then you will know who is who.
No more deceiving or deceivers: just Ordinary Mind.

You can rationalize anything you want,
but that does not make a lie to become truth.

Whose shadow are you defending, my friend: Yours or theirs?