“Zen Master Dogen has pointed out that anxiety, when accepted, is the driving force to enlightenment in that it lays bare the human dilemma at the same time that it ignites our desire to break out of it.”

-Philip Kapleau

Blue Cliff Record Case #14: Unmon’s Preaching Fittingly
A monk asked Unmon, “What is the teaching of the whole lifetime of Shakyamuni?”
Unmon said, “Preaching one thing.”