zazen solving all problems
Experiment The keywords are a way to the texts; if they don't suit you, read the texts directly. How to use them →
also just practicing zazen · zazen as a cure for everything · zazen jako řešení všech problémů CZ
Summary
Nishijima Roshi once said that all we need in our life is zazen and that it will solve all our problems; Mike believed it and sat with migraines, hoping they would go away, until he saw that zazen does not prevent illness. He says that just practising zazen does solve our problems, but it takes years, and that someone who is very depressed can hardly sit. It is no use thinking zazen is a kind of cure for everything: it gives us a balanced point of view, but we have to solve our problems ourselves.
Part of ↑ effects of zazen
Main theme
it’s very difficult for people to believe that just practicing zazen will solve their problems, but it does
1Introductions 5: Clear Explanation for Zazen Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters
all we need in our life is zazen. And if we practice zazen, it will solve all our problems
2Escape and Refuge in Zazen May 2014 — Banský Studenec
it's no use thinking zazen is a kind of cure for everything
3Sadness Is a Change in Balance August 2011 — Dibbavana