Good morning!
Zazen is the wholly wholesome way in unconditioned peace and unsurpassed awakening, good in the beginning, in the middle, and in the end for all always.
Samu, (作務: making or doing duty), in total concentration and continuity, functions like zazen. Unified cultivation-verification, full-free function, is like fruit in lotus flower.
5/12/12
The yellow pod in the center of the flower contains fruit thought to give longevity or limitless life, soft and edible while fresh, but when the shell hardens, it could survive long (Dr. Ohga succeeded for lotus seeds to sprout, grow, and bloom after more than a thousand years – named Ohga lotus, propagated and grown in Japan).