Dear All,
We come to the end of "Inside the Grass Hut" with Chapter 32, "Here and Now / Don't Separate from this Skin Bag Here and Now" ...
I appreciated the words, "Moments of discomfort are precisely when the mind will want to take us away - into some idea of how things should be, how we can make them the way we want, or why things are all wrong. We find peace not by going away from our suffering but by completely offering ourselves to what is."
And agreement or disagreement or resonance with such a view?
Anything more you come away with from this book?
I would like to thank again Ben Connelly for this marvelous book. If you would like to revisit our Zazenkai with Ben, it is here ...
Our Special "Grass Hut" Zazenkai & Talk with Ben Connelly
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...-Sit-A-Long%21
A reMINDer that, in a week or so, we will return to the Koans of the Book of Equanimity, reading the wonderful "this worldly" commentary by Shishin Wick. We worked with the book last year and will come back. The book is available for purchase here, which is a good thing to do ...
http://www.amazon.com/The-Book-Equan.../dp/0861713877
Until you receive the book, it is also available in portions here ...
https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=...page&q&f=false
All of the Koans, but without Shishin's commentary, are available here ...
http://terebess.hu/zen/shoyo-roku.html#wick
For those new to Koans, some tips on reading the book can be found here ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...ANIMITY-Case-1
Gassho, Jundo
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