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Zazen today in the motel where we are staying … ’cause my family and I are on vacation! <\/p>\n

I mean Buddhists are allowed to have fun too … and frolic on the beach sometimes. It’s not all about ‘suffering<\/i>‘ you know (though even a beach can be ‘suffering<\/i>‘ if one is attached to being there … or forgets the sunblock<\/i> … unless at one with a sunburn<\/i>) <\/div>\n

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Anyway, being a Zen Teacher is a high stress job<\/u> with no future<\/i> or benefits<\/i> (no past<\/i> either, of course, nor demerits<\/i>), and I really need to get away to relax sometimes …  (yes, of course, there is ‘no place to go<\/i>‘ … but if ya find a good air deal, why not head out of town<\/i>?). Even the Buddha must have had a week off now and then from Buddha-ing<\/i>.  <\/div>\n

So, I’ll post some family photos soon … me on the beach in my Speedos<\/i>\u00c2\u00ae and waterproof Rakusu<\/i> (just kidding about the Rakusu<\/i> … and the Speedos<\/i>\u00c2\u00ae too)<\/p>\n

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