Do not make this practice a source of pressure, compulsion, anxiety or pride. It is none of these. Zazen is simply a way to find your true home.
Brenda ShoshannaFrom the Zen view all beings are in the grip of the three poisons, greed, anger and delusion (ignorance).
Brenda ShoshannaWe are what we think about. When we stay fixed on one person, thought or situation, we get caught in the grip of self-centered thoughts. The more we give attention to that which is upsetting, the more strength it has to rule our lives.
Brenda ShoshannaWhatever we can't love or accept in another, is a mirror of something we can't love or accept in ourselves.
Brenda Shoshanna