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Dennis Merzel (born June 3, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Zen and spirituality teacher, also known as Genpo Merzel Roshi.

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The Mind cannot be confused, but it is confusion.

Buddhist, Confused, Confusion, Mind

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.

Become, Everything, Let, Letting Go, Morning, Stars

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, clarifying, developing and maturing. The opposite would be getting stuck, staying stuck, so there's no maturing, no developing, no accomplishing, no movement.

Key, Keys, Moving, Opposites, Staying

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 Buddha or our true nature. . . . It is the act of letting go, of surrendering, that matters. The very act of letting go opens us up completely.

Buddha, Letting Go, Matters, Nature, Taoism, True

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

Acceptance, Accepting, Realization, See, Takes, Truth

These various forms appear different in shape and size, yet they are of a single essence. . . . The Sixth Patriarch called it "essence of Mind". . . Here the Third Patriarch calls it "timeless Self-essence. " Bankei called it "unborn Buddha-mind. " They all refer to the same thing: Buddha-nature, true self. This essence is not born and can never die. It exists eternally. Some call it energy; others call it spirit. But what is it? No one knows. Any concept we have of what it is can only be an analogy. . . .

Die, Essence, Mind, Self, Shape, Sixth

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 big one—trying to get ahead of others, stepping on each other. We become frustrated and angry with each other. We try to control others; we condemn them. All of these things stem from one false belief, “I am apart, separate from everything else.

Apart, Deeds, Fall, Frustrated, Things, Trying

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 is the source of true peace, happiness, satisfaction, courage and joy.

Heart, Joy, Satisfaction, Thinking, True

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