Zen Essentials: The Mind of Zazen

Seido talks about the “Four Wheels of the Chariot” – a teaching on the balance of attention given to relaxation, befriending oneself, concentration and expectation. The last instruction of having “expectation” might come as a surprise to Zen students taught to relinquish any “gaining idea,” but making room for what one does not yet know is the essence of the koan.