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Thursday, May 30, 2024

Without Any Discrimination

To attain enlightenment means to have a kind of complete composure in our life, without any discrimination. But, at the same time, if we stick to this kind of attitude of non-discrimination, that is also a kind of discrimination. So, how we practice zazen—how we attain this kind of complete composure—is the point to have when you start our practice.

The Soto Approach to Zen, Reiho Masunaga

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