practising balance
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Summary
Mike says that to follow the Buddhist way is to concentrate on living a life of balance, and that the most important thing is to practise balance every day, if only for ten minutes or half an hour. Mike says that the secret is balanced effort, don’t try too hard, and that prajñā is developed by practising zazen and other activities that make us balanced; he adds that besides zazen we can do other physical activities to balance our very intellectual society, and that the Olympics also celebrate a human ability to be balanced. He says that we don’t need to try to be compassionate, we just need to be balanced, that balanced action doesn’t have a strong intention, and that if we practise balance we will act in a balanced way, the best we can, which is how this leads to acting in a balanced way. Even if we had a disturbing childhood, we can re-establish our balance, and after many years of zazen we get a simple balanced feeling, not extreme, so that we can notice if the society we live in becomes abnormal.
Part of ↑ balance
Includes ↓ balance instead of compassion ↓ balanced action without strong intention ↓ balanced effort ↓ noticing an abnormal society ↓ Olympics as celebration of balance ↓ practising balance every day ↓ re-establishing balance ↓ truce between warring factions
Main theme
If we just practise balance, which can be zazen, then our flow of feeling goes back again
1Sadness Is a Change in Balance August 2011 — Dibbavana
Developed
And if we practice balance, then we will act in a balanced way the best we can.
2Ikka-no-myoju 3: Our Place in the Universe Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myoju
So to follow the Buddhist way is to concentrate on living a life of balance
3Opposites and Being Upright July 2009 — Brno
Dogen said, if we practice balance, then our actions are balanced
4Nishijima’s Four Main Points September 2015 — Banský Studenec
Mention
So balance your body and mind, and then act in a balanced way, and get on with your life, whatever.
5Effort for Its Own Sake July 2009 — Dibbavana
If you sit regularly, in that posture, it balances you. As a balanced human being, that’s it!
6Kuge 4: Nothing to Get Rid Of Winter 2007 — Kuge
Also in the narrower keywords
balance instead of compassion +1 text
we don't need to try to be compassionate. We just need to be balanced.
Life Itself Is Intelligent July 2021 — Skalní fara
balanced action without strong intention +1 text
suggests that we don’t have a strong intention. So balanced action doesn’t have a strong intention.
Shoaku Makusa 2: Not Doing Wrong as a State Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusa
balanced effort +1 text
The secret is balanced effort. Don't try too hard.
Sacred and Ordinary Together July 2009 — Brno
noticing an abnormal society +2 texts
So if the society in which we live becomes abnormal, we can notice it.
Just to Be Alive Is Enough August 2011 — Dibbavana
you find a kind of middle position in society. But if society moves to an extreme, you feel that abnormality.
Kodo Sawaki and Concrete Teaching August 2011 — Dibbavana
Olympics as celebration of balance +1 text
although the Olympics are celebrating medals, they are also celebrating a human ability to be balanced
Two Things, and the Rest Is Fashion August 2012 — Dibbavana
practising balance every day +1 text
The most important thing is to practise balance every day. If only for ten minutes, or half an hour
Not Making Practice Special July 2021 — Skalní fara
re-establishing balance +1 text
if we had a disturbing childhood, or when we were younger, we can re-establish our balance
Three Teachings from Japan September 2013 — Banský Studenec
truce between warring factions +1 text
our peace is really a kind of truce between warring factions
Bussho 4: Real Present Time Summer 2004 — Bussho