May 03rd, 2026

Of all good works, zazen comes first,
for the merit of only one step into it
surpasses that of erecting a thousand temples.
Even a moment of sitting will enable you
to free yourself from life and death,
and your Buddha nature will appear of itself.
Then all you do, perceive, and think
becomes part of the miraculous Tathagata-suchness.

Meiho (1277–1350)