REMINDER: OUR 4 HOUR MONTHLY ZAZENKAI IS TOMORROW, SATURDAY, FROM 9PM JAPAN TIME … BE THERE OR JUST BE.
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An alternative wording of the Four Noble Truths is [emphasis added] …
1. Suffering exists
2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires
2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires
3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desires ceases
4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path
Quiz: The ‘self’ strongly desires X, but the world gives Y instead (e.g., a ‘failure’ when ‘success’ was desired). Great dissatisfaction, disappointment, fear, grief and/or frustration are the result. In such cases, which of the following are an effective ‘medicine’ to desire and suffering, and a fruit of our ‘Just Sitting‘ Zazen Practice? (Note: several answers will overlap):
A. For the ‘self’ to learn to redirect its desire from X toward Y or Q (a third, available object).
B. For the ‘self’ to soften or drop its attachment toward X.
C. For the ‘self’ to develop equanimity and acceptance toward any and all outcomes.
D. For the inner desires, drives and cravings to be calmed and, thus, to lose their force.
E. For the inner desires, drives and cravings to be, when needed, forcibly restrained by willpower.
F. For the ‘self’ to drop all thought of both ‘X’ and ‘Y’ from mind.
G. For the sense of ‘self’ to soften, or fully drop away.
H. All of the above — simultaneously or in various combinations at different times.
B. For the ‘self’ to soften or drop its attachment toward X.
C. For the ‘self’ to develop equanimity and acceptance toward any and all outcomes.
D. For the inner desires, drives and cravings to be calmed and, thus, to lose their force.
E. For the inner desires, drives and cravings to be, when needed, forcibly restrained by willpower.
F. For the ‘self’ to drop all thought of both ‘X’ and ‘Y’ from mind.
G. For the sense of ‘self’ to soften, or fully drop away.
H. All of the above — simultaneously or in various combinations at different times.
ANSWER: H
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