Throwback Thursday - Treasured Sword
Furuya Sensei posted this to his Daily Message on August 5, 2004.
When we consider what we have, we are always happy. But somehow, when we begin to think what we don't have, we are never satisfied. Isn't it better not to go there in the first place?
In Zen, there is a well known saying: "Ho-ken wa te ni ari.” "The Treasure Sword is in your hand." Everyone searches of their "treasure sword" (wisdom) yet, it is something which we already possess in our own hearts.
More often than not, we have everything we need to be happy but not realizing we already possess this "treasure sword," we are unhappy and complain about this and that.