**HAKUIN** Zen in action !

Zen meditation in action is a thousand times superior to seated zazen!

Two hands make a "clap!" What does one hand do?

If you forget yourself, you become the Buddha you already are.

Ignorant of how close the truth is to you, you seek it afar!IMG 0880

At the heart of great doubt stands great awakening.

If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully.

From the ocean of effortlessness, let your cause-less compassion emerge and shine.

All beings are naturally Buddhas, just as ice is naturally water. Without water, there is no ice; and there is no Buddha separate from living beings!

At this very moment, what is missing? Nirvana is here and now before your eyes. This place is the land of the Lotus. This very body is already the Buddha.