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Since It Is The Practice Of Enlightenment, That Practice Has No Beginning And Since It Is Enlightenment Within The Practice, That Realization Has No End.

There Are Myriads Of Forms And Hundreds Of Grasses Throughout The Entire Earth, Yet Each Grass And Each Form Itself Is The Entire Earth.

The Zazen I Speak Of Is Not Learning Meditation. It Is Simply The Dharma Gate Of Repose And Bliss, The Practice-realization Of Totally Culminated Enlightenment. It Is The Manifestation Of Ultimate Reality. Traps And Snares Can Never Reach It. Once Its Heart Is Grasped, You Are Like The Dragon When He Gains The Water, Like The Tiger When She Enters The Mountain. For You Must Know That Just There (in Zazen) The Right Dharma Is Manifesting Itself And That, From The First, Dullness And Distraction Are Struck Aside.

Those Who Practice Know Whether Realization Is Attained Or Not, Just As Those Who Drink Water Know Whether It Is Hot Or Cold

Consider That Nirvana Is Itself No Other Than Our Life.