Facets of a Diamond - Blog

The purpose of meditation, Zen master Dogen taught, was not to become the Buddha-Nature but to realize that we already are, that we always are. The Buddha-Nature, the God Within, our Innate Perfection.

The usual musician strives to play Beethoven note perfect. But the Enlightened one, the rare one, concentrates instead on revealing Beethoven’s Buddha-Nature, his Innate Perfection. That we may now, by listening to him, Know ours.

That is his meditation, what I call his action meditation, for Beethoven, for himself and for all.