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.Yesterday, I described Buddhism as a positive, joyful, optimistic philosophy, with Zazen an experience pleasant and peaceful, filled with feelings of deep contentment. I was kidding around with my little nieces and son, shooting the garden hose, celebrating a child’s birthday … Then I looked at the news, and saw one of those stories ……

.Nishijima Roshi describes Buddhism as a positive, joyful, optimistic philosophy. It does not have that image to many people, who see it as a means of escape from all emotions, pleasing or not. It just is not so. Zazen is (usually) pleasant, joyful and filled with sensations of peace and contentment. On the contrary, one…

.In Asian legend, dragons are wonderous water dwelling creatures, a symbol of good fortune. Tigers live in their mountain lair. They are in their true element.. In Zazen, human beings find their true element …. .…. untouched by restrictions or hindrances. What is called sitting-Zen is not learning Zen meditation. It is just a peaceful…

.A koan for people growing older … If there is no self, whose arthritis is this? (From Zen Judaism, by David Bader) It’s not only the ‘big stuff‘, but the little aches and pains (sore knees, sore back), annoyances and distractions (the phone ringing during Zazen) that also must be embraced in our Practice. Nothing…
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