effects of zazen
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also qualities from practising zazen · freedom in action from zazen · compassion as a side-effect of zazen · zazen as ripening · zazen ako dozrievanie · vlastnosti získané cvičením zazenu · sloboda v konaní ako výsledok zazenu · svoboda v jednání jako výsledek zazenu · súcit ako vedľajší účinok zazenu · soucit jako vedlejší účinek zazenu · zazen jako dozrávání
Summary
Practising zazen has effects in our life, though not magical ones: it doesn’t mean that if we practise zazen we never become ill. Practising zazen helped two of Mike’s students who used to be alcoholics to return to their normal self; inner conflicts can dissolve during zazen, and zazen can solve a problem by changing the point of view. Mike says that for Master Dogen freedom in action is a result of zazen, and that practising zazen itself produces a ripening, which we can leave as it is.
Part of ↑ zazen
Includes ↓ balanced point of view ↓ dentist's drill ↓ dissolving inner conflict in zazen ↓ natural carefulness through zazen ↓ stability of the deep ocean ↓ uncovering intuition through zazen ↓ zazen and health ↓ zazen changing the point of view ↓ zazen solving all problems
Main theme
Master Dogen is saying that these are truths of a person who practises zazen
1The Eight Truths of a Great Person June 2006 — Padmafarma
freedom in action, to him, is a result of Zazen
2Kuge 5: Compassion and Freedom in Action Winter 2007 — Kuge
Developed
practicing Zazen itself produces a ripening. And, “we can leave that ripening as it is” suggests to accept the situation as it is
3Kuge 1: Ripening Fruit Winter 2007 — Kuge
Also in the narrower keywords
dissolving inner conflict in zazen +1 text
There is a possibility that they will walk into the sea and dissolve, during zazen.
When the Mud Buffalo Dissolve August 2011 — Dibbavana
natural carefulness through zazen +1 text
probably because of practising zazen, I started to do things carefully, not because I read about it
Dojo and Home, Sacred and Ordinary September 2015 — Banský Studenec
stability of the deep ocean +1 text
zazen can give us the stability of the deep ocean, which is not the same as a peaceful mind
The Buddhist View of Living Itself February 2009 — Cholín
uncovering intuition through zazen +1 text
zazen is a method to uncover the simple state. Or, in other words, prajñā.
Intuition Covered by Thinking August 2012 — Dibbavana
zazen changing the point of view +1 text
zazen solved the problem, not exactly the problem, but solved it by changing the point of view
Freedom and the Teacher’s Character August 2011 — Dibbavana
zazen solving all problems +3 texts
it's no use thinking zazen is a kind of cure for everything
Sadness Is a Change in Balance August 2011 — Dibbavana via balanced point of view
all we need in our life is zazen. And if we practice zazen, it will solve all our problems
Escape and Refuge in Zazen May 2014 — Banský Studenec via dentist's drill zazen and health
it’s very difficult for people to believe that just practicing zazen will solve their problems, but it does
Introductions 5: Clear Explanation for Zazen Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters
zazen for alcoholics +1 text
I know two students of mine who used to be alcoholics, and practising zazen helped them to return to their normal self
Opposites and Being Upright July 2009 — Brno