“The Western mind tends to have a really hard time adapting to the most important concepts in Zen. As a result, the type of Zen that is usually sold to large audiences is not Zen at all, but a sort-of goal-oriented New Age spirituality labeled as Zen. It is much easier to read a few books than it is to commit yourself to sitting in meditation every day. Meditating every day requires a discipline that many people find impossible to cultivate. Those who do are continually surprised by just how transformative the meditative mind is when compared to the mindless mind.”

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