Part of Zen tradition is to follow silly rules in order to become free of silly rules.
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Writings by Kirk McElhearn
Part of Zen tradition is to follow silly rules in order to become free of silly rules.
Find out more, including show notes for each episode, at the Zen of Everything website and at Treeleaf Zendo.
How do zen people get motivated? Is sitting zazen a form of procrastination?
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Should you try to live a monastic life at home? 
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We discuss why a Zen vacuum cleaner comes with no attachments. We speak passionately about equanimity, and revel in non-attachment.
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In the triumvirate of the three jewels, dharma and sangha are inferior to the Buddha, but are they really?
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Some people say that Zen isn’t really Buddhism. We disagree.
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We discuss the bramavihara, or four divine abodes, and Jundo chants to bring the moon back.
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We discuss the paramitas, or the virtues of a bodhisattva.
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We answer the timeless question of, what is, who is a Bodhisattva.
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What’s all this stuff about rebirth? Can we really be reborn as the god of the perfect bagel, or as slugs?
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