Today, I am joined for Zazen by my 14-year-old nephew. It is his first time for Zazen (I didn’t make him do it. He volunteered. Really.)

I just told him that, for the time we are sitting, don’t think about school, his parents, his iPod, his Gameboy, comic books, cars, baseball and, of course, girls.

I figured that those items would about cover the teenage brain, and other than that it would be pretty quiet in there.

I think he did great. Not sure if he wants to do it again though.