Karma is real, Nyogen Roshi reminds us. Zen practice is real. What do we see when practice allows us a glimpse of our world as it truly is? The vast emptiness that Bodhidharma spoke about in his exchange with Emperor Wu. What do most of us do when we catch that glimpse? “You turn it into a concept,” Roshi tells us. “What you’re holding onto now is delusion! You have to keep stepping into each new moment. That’s the point to our practice.”
