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@quietmaths -- Not trying to sell ice to an Eskimo, but a meditation practice is more likely to round out your understanding of Buddhism than a whole heap of books. It's not that books are bad or rep… (View Post)
I once went on a dinner date with young woman. We had a pleasant meal and later took a conversational turn into Zen Buddhism, which I was practicing at the time. She didn't know much so I described z… (View Post)
When I once asked my Zen teacher about belief and hope, he suggested, "For the first four or five years [of Buddhist practice], belief and hope are necessary." And when I asked, "how a… (View Post)
In writing -- an area that interests me -- there is an old saying: "Don't get it right, get it written." The same is probably true for meditation, a pastime that bears more fruit in action … (View Post)