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I came across a book by a Swami, promising states of eternal bliss and joy, imperishable and pure, a freedom from the need to return to, in the Guru’s words, “this miserable land of birth, old age, disease and death” … all to be found just “over the rainbow” … Such claims are very typical of many “Eastern” teachings and philosophies, including some flavors of Buddhism.

Our Zen practice, however, is very different from that. Today I will tell you how.


(And tomorrow I will tell you how we’re not so different after all).

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