But if sound did not already exist before you clapped, you could not make the sound. Before you make it there is sound. Because there is sound, you c… - Shunryu Suzuki

it is a heretical view to expect something outside this world. We do not seek for something besides ourselves. We should find the truth in this world, through our difficulties, through our suffering.

If you understand real practice, then archery or other activities can be zen. If you don't understand how to practice archery in its true sense, then even though you practice very hard, what you acquire is just technique. It won't help you through and through. Perhaps you can hit the mark without trying, but without a bow and arrow you cannot do anything. If you understand the point of practice, then even without a bow and arrow the archery will help you. How you get that kind of power or ability is only through right practice.

The most important thing is to express your true nature in the simplest, most adequate way and to appreciate it in the smallest existence.