An ancient verse attributed to Bodhidharma
describes the Zen method, realization and transmission as follows:
A
special transmission outside the scriptures:
Without dependence on words or letters;
Directly pointing to the heart-mind;
Seeing one’s true nature and attaining awakening.
Zen is one spiritual pathway of the contemplative tradition. It
is a meditation practice within a student-teacher relationship.
This practice allows the possibility of realizing for oneself the
graced experience of essential nature.
Realization is incomplete unless it is personalized and lived in
the everyday world
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