How do we become more compassionate than we often are? Practice.
How do we become more peaceful than we often are? Practice.
How do we ...? The answer ALWAYS is PRACTICE.
My Catholic priest friend Mark Hobson remarked recently to me on how the core of Catholic liturgy is belief and faith-based; and how impressed he was that core of Zen liturgy is practice-based. In fact, from the Zen perspective all of life is liturgy if we are practicing non-judgemental awareness in each moment.
If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude - Suzuki Roshi -
Saturday, April 14, 2007
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Good post.
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