Question
Should we do zazen at fixed times, whatever our energy level, like going to work? Or should Mu do zazen spontaneously when it decides to express itself through us that way, even once a month? Without effort? Mushotoku?
Could we not consider that realized beings of the past, present, and future did not sit in order to…, but sat because… was already there? In other words, perhaps zazen is not a practice but an expression.
Singing when you do not feel like it produces TV stars, hit songs, and masters, but does not give the That which makes us sing.
Thank you.
Aldo.
Aldo
Master Kosen’s answer
Disciplining body and mind to develop within a dynamic they are not accustomed to takes rigor and some effort, at least at first. Singing is the same: if you want to stop hurting our ears, you must learn to sing.
Kosen