Saturday, August 29, 2009

...things are just what they are.


 
True practice brings us more and more into that plain 
and undramatic space in which things are just 
as they are—just functioning. And that functioning 
cannot come from self-centeredness. 
—Charlotte Joko Beck, Everyday Zen

2 comments:

jashbaug said...

Self-centeredness can be the function, as it is what it is...

Anonymous said...

You should send your blog to Annie Leibowitz. H.

Reflections on Talks on Buddha's Lists

During a recent Appamada Intensive our students gave talks on Buddha's lists. Here are my reflections on their talks.