When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves. That is our way, to live fully in each moment of time. - Shunryu Suzuki

When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves.

You may say you attained some stage in your practice. But that is just a trivial event in your long life. It is like saying the ocean is round, or like a jewel, or palace. For a hungry ghost the ocean is a pool of blood; for a dragon the ocean is a palace; for a fish it is his house; for a human being it is water. There must be various understandings. When the ocean is a palace, it is a palace. You cannot say it is not a palace. For a dragon it is actually a palace. If you laugh at a fish who says it is a palace, Buddha will laugh at you who say it is two o'clock, three o'clock. It is the same thing.

principio puedes tener algunos problemas, y es necesario que hagas algún esfuerzo por continuar con la práctica. Para el principiante, la práctica sin esfuerzo no es verdadera práctica. Para el principiante, la práctica requiere un gran esfuerzo. Especialmente para los jóvenes, es necesario intentarlo con mucha determinación para conseguir algo.

Just to be sincere and make our full effort in each moment is enough. There is no Nirvana outside our practice.