Originally Posted by
Craig
okay jundo, i'm with you. my preferred definition of dukkha is STRUGGLE. everything is just one giant struggle in life...getting up in the morning, what to eat, what not to eat, dealing with kids, dealing with cars, dealing with people, getting to bed on time, getting zazen in, exercising. on top of all of that my mind is going a million miles an hour trying to get me hooked on something. it's crazy. so, two questions:
1. in zazen, how do we drop body and mind? it seems impossible.
2. if zazen is to help us end suffering, why is it so difficult and painful sometimes? i just want to choke dogen when he talks about zazen being easy :evil:
peace-
craig