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Practice Off the Mat

Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)

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The Power of Gratitude

I practice turning people into trees, which means appreciating them just the way they are. Anything you look at with full attention blossoms and becomes interesting and complete. It's like a banquet that's set out before us and instead we occupy ourselves with all our petty concerns. You go on vacation and everything looks sparkling and amazing. Why should that change when you come back home?

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