--- In [email protected], "amazing63" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Rev. Harvey Sodaiho Hilbert > > > > With palms together, > Good Morning Sangha, > > Some things in life become habits that ought not be. This morning I woke, vowed to see the world as it is and not to forsake any sentient beings. I came downstairs in the dark, lit the alter candle, lit incense, sat down and began to practice zazen. > > These are habits. These are not good things to be made a habit. Habitual behavior is routine behavior. Saying vows, offering incense, sitting zazen should never become routine. In routine we are asleep. We are not present.
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