Ordinary mind
Joshu asked Nansen: "What is the Way?" Nansen said: "Ordinary mind is the Way." Joshu asked: "Should I try to direct myself toward it?" Nansen said: "If you try to direct yourself toward it, you move away from it."
Ninth-century China....
Sit down, shut up, keep sitting
In 1966, a Zen master named Shunryu Suzuki arrived in San Francisco and opened a meditation center in a former synagogue. He told his students to sit still, face a wall, and count their breaths. Some had come from acid trips....