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Lost Something

Lost Something

by on August 29, 2009 in Zen

photo credit: Flowery *L*u*z*a* In Lost Coin practice we talk about actions being “mechanical” happening on their own, without consciousness. It seems negative but it really isn’t. Because we are mechanical we have a wonderful opportunity for freedom. We do so much asleep imagine what we would do and realize if we just began to [...]

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Realization and Application

by on January 12, 2009 in Zen

What becomes increasingly clear to me is how the two sides of practice are dependent on each other. Realization has traditionally been accomplished by sitting and often the use of other methods – koan study, talks, as well as one on one work with the teacher. There is, I think, an assumption that seeing the [...]

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