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Maybe the Buddha was just a clever, but ordinary, man. Maybe the Buddha didn’t even really exist. Maybe the Buddha was wrong about some things (and right about some things). Maybe nobody knows what the Buddha truly said. Maybe every single one of the Sutras was written centuries later by a writer putting words in…

All things in moderation. Even moderation. Sore sanzen wa jôshitsu yoroshiku, onjiki setsu ari. In general, a quiet room is good for experiencing Zen balance, and food and drink are taken in moderation. [Nishijima] For practicing Zen, a quiet room is suitable. Eat and drink moderately. [SZTP] Press on arrow for ‘play’ .

For practice in a ‘quiet room‘ to have real meaning, that room must hold the beautiful and the ugly. Thus, before leaving this topic, we will sit with the ugliest. We should avoid nothing in our room. In our sitting, we drop all thought of ‘good‘ and ‘bad‘, ‘war‘ and ‘peace‘ and the rest. We…

White on White … Where does the body end and the room begin? Quiet on Quiet … What’s heard when dropping all thought of sound and quiet? In general, a quiet room is good for experiencing Zen balance, and food and drink are taken in moderation. [Nishijima] For practicing Zen, a quiet room is suitable.…
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