having Zen understanding only when sitting cross-legged or when shooting an arrow is not adequate. To have the same understanding when one is engaged in everyday activities is what is really important, for all activities are part of that same whole. Thus, picking a weed as naturally as snow falls off a bamboo leaf is an expression of the Zen awareness. Seeing a weed and being able simply to pick it without "any space in between" is in itself a koan of profound significance. CHAPTER 5 The Naturally Correct Way You have to learn how to push the rock where it wants to go.
