True zazen is surrendering every moment. But surrendering to what? It really does not matter what we call it: God or the Tao or the Dharma or the Bud…

- Dennis Merzel

So if we look at progress, or evolution, or we look at accomplishment in our life, the key is to be continually moving on, expanding and growing, cla…

- Dennis Merzel

These various forms appear different in shape and size, yet they are of a single essence. . . . The Sixth Patriarch called it "essence of Mind". . . …

- Dennis Merzel

There is a transcendent awareness, a Big Mind, a Big Heart, present and readily accessible to each and every one of us. When we realize it, we see it…

- Dennis Merzel

To accept the truth of who you really are takes nothing short of realization. You have to see the diamond for yourself.

- Dennis Merzel

Because of our belief in being separate, we fall into all kinds of harmful actions and deeds that create more problems for us. Competitiveness is a b…

- Dennis Merzel

When we really let go, we become everything. At that point we are identified with all things: the flower, the oak tree, the morning star.

- Dennis Merzel

The Mind cannot be confused, but it is confusion.

- Dennis Merzel