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April 13, 2003
Easy Zen
A contentment gained from idleness or from a laissez-faire attitude of mind is a thing most to be abhorred. There is no Zen in this, but sloth and mere vegetation. The battle must rage in its full vigour and masulinity. Without it, whatever peace that has been obtained is a simulacrum, and it has no deep foundation; the first storm it may encounter will crush it to the ground. Zen is quite emphatic in this. Certainly, the moral virility to be found in Zen, apart from its mystic flight, comes from the fighting of the battle of life courageously and undauntedly.-- D.T. Suzuki Essays in Zen Buddhism Posted at April 13, 2003 07:01 PM