useful info practice is enlightenment in zen terms we say honsho myoshu honsho means intrinsic enlightenment myoshu subtle practice we say practice and enlightenment or realization are one how is it one thing when you sit your zazen is the zazen of the buddhas your zazen is sitting buddha or buddha's zazen so your practice is realization itself enlightenment itself your zazen becomes anuttara samyak sambodhi itself have this kind of faith usually when you do zazen zazen becomes a cause to create some kind of effect such as enlightenment frustration anger or whatever arises that is the wrong way to do zazen your practice is not something by which you attain some place else or something else your practice itself is a fulfillment of honsho myoshu the originally enlightened life