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These are troubling times when the news just keeps getting worse and worse. It’s easy to be taken over by the sense of foreboding gloom and fear that pervade much of our media. You can become very cynical. You try … Continue reading

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“You need not do anything. Remain sitting at your table and listen. You need not even listen, just wait. You need not even wait, just learn to be quiet, still and solitary. And the world will freely offer itself to … Continue reading

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“When we practice zazen (meditation) our mind is calm and quite simple. But usually our mind is very busy and complicated, and it is difficult to be concentrated on what we are doing. This is because before we act we … Continue reading

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