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Skillful Effort, Skillful Concentration

Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)

CHAPTER

The Power of Consciousness

Most of us are chasing after Buddhahood. The living present, Buddhahood, is rarely encountered. When the fire in the furnace is banked and you want a brightly burning fire, what do we do? You increase the air intake. That's that skill for concentration. It can be effort. Just putting, yeah, just concentrating the mind more.

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