Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

‘The Buddha founded his religion upon Samadhi. His object of zazen was his own mind. He did not practice zazen upon any external object, upon thoughts or words or ideas. He practiced zazen simply upon mind – mind from which had been extracted every thought, every image, every concept. He paid no attention either to the outside or the inside. Perhaps we should say mind exercised zazen upon itself. In true Buddhist zazen, mind by itself is the meditator and is at the same time the object of the meditator’s zazen.’ (Holding the Lotus to the Rock)