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Category: Meditation
Tenno’s every-minute Zen, locking my car door, and how it can help us to be more mindful about what we eat.
Let me start by relating a story: Zen students are with their masters at least ten years before they presume to teach others. Nan-in was visited by Tenno, who, having passed his apprenticeship, had become a teacher. The day happened to be rainy, so Tenno wore wooden clogs and carried an umbrella. After greeting him […]
A samurai, his toothpick, and projecting a positive image of yourself…
There’s great quote from Hagakure (Book of the Samurai) that goes something like this: “A Samurai always uses a toothpick, even when he has not eaten.” For the Samurai, projecting a positive image of themselves was of utmost importance. Even when too poor to eat dinner, the samurai would pretend they had, just to keep […]