On the importance of practice and having time for not doing: A Dharma talk

[Tomás ESP]

I really enjoyed this Dharma talk. I do not agree with every single point made, but overall I found it very worthwhile.

Gassho, Tomás
Sat

[Suuko]

Interesting talk. I didn't watch everything yet though. I would say that Zazen is like a mirror. It reflects both who you are and also who you aren't.

Gassho,
Sat today,
Guish.

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[Jundo]

Very nice talk, and good points relevant to our practice too ...

Fear, sex, sadness come up in the quiet of Zazen ... let them come, pass, like butterflies flittering through the room, nothing to grab.

A quiet time of settling the mind is vital.

I also agree with him that attending retreats is a powerful aspect of practice ... for people able to do so. People should really try to make the time.

Hyon Gak is a teacher in a Korean Rinzai style, which usually emphasis Koan introspection. However, the teaching here applies to Just Sitting completely.

Gassho, J

STLah

PS - There are some people, however, who are allergic to water, although it is an extremely rare condition:

https://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/water-allergy-aquagenic-urticaria

[Kaishin]

During zazen, we tend to have all kinds of different thoughts and we ask ourselves if that is all right?

The fact that we ask ourselves if it is all right only proves that zazen is pure and transparent. We are scolded by the purity and transparency of zazen.

When we dance around naked and drunk, we don't ask ourselves questions.

-stlah
Gassho,