Zazen vs. The Turtle

I can only stick to the simplest practices in the world—zazen.

Bowl, incense, candles
zazen bowl, candle,
zazen, incense,
zazen, being.

Any other recommended practice, however recommendable, leaves me, a few weeks later, on my back, a turtle turned over by the weight of a shell of intertwined concepts…

for nothing.

Piercing the concepts, even those, yes, leaving the books, the sums of words, even those, yes,
no crossing by ocean liner, never, the ocean liner will find the river.
Alone, each and every one, get out, cross,
Walk to the river

©FJ May 2025
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