The Zen Studies Podcast 263 - Ten Fields of Zen, Field Two - Zazen: Our Total Response to Life (1 of 3)
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Mar 18, 2024 Explore the profound practice of Zazen, which transcends typical meditation. Delve into how it embodies our total response to life and fosters intimacy with all experiences. Discover the essence of courage and vulnerability in embracing life’s challenges. Learn the five efforts within Zazen: cultivating tolerance, making peace, and expanding awareness. Uncover how Zazen invites unresolved feelings, opening pathways to deeper truths and compassionate actions. It's a transformative journey into being present with life as it truly is.
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Zazen As Total Response To Life
- Zazen is not a goal-directed meditation but our total response to life.
- It enacts the essence of Zen by refusing self-centered mental striving.
Expand Awareness When Distracted
- When distracted, expand your awareness so mental activity becomes part of the broader present.
- Return again and again to the intention of open, alert, inclusive awareness.
Intimacy With Life Explained
- Intimacy with Life means close, vulnerable perception of all phenomena.
- It involves appreciating others and the miraculous fact of direct experience.