No words , please !

Hence, you should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. 
 Take the backward step and turn the light inward.
 Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear.
 If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this.

- Dogen Kigen 1227

Zen - Need for practice

You should observe the example of Buddha Shakyamuni of the Jeta Grove, who practiced sitting up straight for six years even though he was gifted with intrinsic wisdom.

Still celebrated is Master Bodhidharma of the Shaolin Temple, who sat facing the wall for nine years although he had already received the mind seal.

Ancient sages were like this; who nowadays does not need to practice as they did?

- Dogen Kigen 1227

Zen mind - in good times and bad

In uneventful times the mind
Is easily distracted
Then you should make
Yourself still and
Let your true nature shine.
When things are happening
All around you
The mind is easily scattered.
Then you should make
Your true nature
Shine and let your
Center become still.

- Hung Ying-ming

Omni presence of the Way

The real way circulates everywhere; how could it require practice or enlightenment? 
The essential teaching is fully available; how could effort be necessary?
 Furthermore, the entire mirror is free of dust; why take steps to polish it? 
 Nothing is separate from this very place; why journey away?

And yet, if you miss the mark even by a strand of hair, you are as distant as heaven from earth.
 If the slightest discrimination occurs, you will be lost in confusion. 
 You could be proud of your understanding and have abundant realization, or acquire outstanding wisdom and attain the way by clarifying the mind.
Still, if you are wandering about in your head, you may miss the vital path of letting your body leap.

- Dogen Kigen 1227

Zazen basics

For zazen, a quiet room is appropriate. 
Drink and eat in moderation. 
Let go of all involvements and let myriad things rest.
 Do not think good or bad.
 Do not judge right or wrong.
 Stop conscious endeavor and analytic introspection.
 Do not try to become a buddha. 
 How could being a buddha be limited to sitting or not sitting? - Dogen Kigen 1227