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Skillful Effort, Skillful Concentration

Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)

CHAPTER

The Importance of Sitting Regularly

The main purpose of doing sashin is this burning out of thoughts by the fire of attention so that our lives can be dispassionate and fundamentally unaffected by outward circumstances. We need an adequate daily period of sashin in which we attend to what's going on in our minds and bodies. If we don't sit regularly, then we can't comprehend that how we wash our car or how we deal with our supervisor is absolutely our practice.

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