Practice Your Life, Your Practice Matters!

Practice, like all our actions, ripples out into the world. We may not always realize the benefits of our practice, or the merit of our efforts and its impact, but our practice matters. Zen Master Dogen taught that there is no separation between practice and our daily life and activities. Thus, our daily efforts become the activity of all Buddhas—past, present and future. Practice and living an awakened life, or not two! This is what Master Dogen meant by "a Buddha doing his/her practice."