Zen is about cherishing the everyday, cherishing the normal. To be encouraged to find beauty in the most ordinary things is definitely part of the Zen tradition. It's one of the reasons I love it. Other forms of Buddhism maybe have less concern with externals. But Zen really loves to turn the lens outward and to explore our relationship with the world.
In this Episode, You'll Learn:
- The importance of being with and opening up to pain to find healing
- Why working with a spiritual teacher can be an important part of a healing path
- How awakening experiences are doorways we must walk through to find spiritual growth
- The value of community in a spiritual journey
- How to discover the deep experience of life's ordinary moments
- What Zen and poetry have in common
- What it means to come home to and discover a deeper part of ourselves
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