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111 – You Can't Hold on to Stillness: Practice in Activity
111 – You Can't Hold on to Stillness: Practice in Activity
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Sep 1, 2019
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If we're lucky, our practices of meditation and mindfulness give us some sense of spaciousness, stillness, and silence. What about when we engage in activities more complicated and demanding than potentially calming manual tasks like weeding the garden, sweeping, or washing the dishes? Zen master Dogen teaches us a better way to practice in the midst of activity: maintaining joyful mind, nurturing mind, and magnanimous mind. These qualities have the potential to grow even stronger as we get busier.
Released:
Sep 1, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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