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Not Too Hard, Not Too Soft: Finding the Sweet Spot in Practice

Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)

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The Importance of a Disciplined Life

Many people wonder about the benefits of doing Zazan. Many people look upon this kind of thing as unnatural. To live a disciplined life seems perhaps egotistical. And then he says to practice a Zen seriously seems to make for a joyless anti-social life. Life is in celebrated with love, drink and laughter. Besides Zazan seems to have an ego trip of its own. And uncomfortable, painful, damning up of the joy of life instead of its bursting forth and fullness.

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