In Secret Oral Instructions on Practice we hear how to ”maintain the essence” from a 20th century Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Kyabje Künzang Dechen Lingpa. These injunctions resonate with Dogen’s teaching on “zazen-only” and the option of realising it in all our expressions and activities. Each one of us can open the Dharma gate of ease and joy.

This teisho was given by Maggie Gluek, roshi on day 3 of the Rohatsu sesshin 2025 at Annandale.