When we sit zazen, we sit in the monastery. When we sit zazen, we are the hermit on the mountain. When we sit zazen, we sit in our own culture, society, neighborhood, city, bedroom. When I sweep the porch, the outside world, society and jobs and running around, everything is all gone, and is also right there.
Don't think living in a monastery or as a hermit is so different from being a home-owner or being "in" society.
Is there really any place for anyone to go?
This isn't meant to be zennie; it's just meant to say, Where are we?
I'm in a coffee shop right now sitting in my own hermitage, while typing on my computer and quietly bowing to everybody I run into.
Gassho
Don't think living in a monastery or as a hermit is so different from being a home-owner or being "in" society.
Is there really any place for anyone to go?
This isn't meant to be zennie; it's just meant to say, Where are we?
I'm in a coffee shop right now sitting in my own hermitage, while typing on my computer and quietly bowing to everybody I run into.
Gassho
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