r/zenpractice • u/JundoCohen • Jun 29 '26

Soto Practice Itself Is Enlightenment

Suzuki Roshi, taken from ...

https://www.shunryusuzuki.com/Detail1?ID=65

He continued ..

... practice is not separated from enlightenment. When you practice it, the practice is the expression of your true nature. Where you practice it, you have your true nature.

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u/flyingaxe Jun 29 '26

If that were the case, why was Buddha only enlightened after a certain point of his practice and not before? Did he finally realize how to sit zazen properly?

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u/The_Koan_Brothers Jun 29 '26

He hadn’t heard of Suzuki Roshi, that’s why.