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Sometimes we think we don’t understand because we just haven’t read the right book yet. Somewhere, at some library, there must be a book that will solve all my problems. It will let me understand what I really need. But Buddha didn’t do that. Instead, he went to sit underneath a tree. You may think that’s really stupid. Who would go and sit underneath a tree? Why do that? Buddha knew that the answers to these questions are somewhere inside. Actually, “go and sit underneath a tree” does not mean “go and sit underneath a tree.” The way to sit underneath a tree is to start looking inside. We are exactly like the Buddha because, for us, too, the answer lies inside. We all know the Buddha (and Zen, also) always asks the question: what am I? What am I? But it’s very interesting, if you ask that question, Zen does not have the answer. It doesn’t, but you do, inside. So you and the Buddha are the same. Just look inside. Zen means finding your true self and helping our world. Very simple! Zen Buddhism is not complicated at all. You may be very stupid or very smart—that doesn’t make any difference. Inside, everybody has this original Buddha nature. Inside. So our job is to find that and help this world. Very simple. —Zen Master Dae Kwang (Photo by Gerry Botha.) #zen #understanding #buddha #meditation #whatami #trueself #buddhism #simple #kwanumzen
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