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The talk explores the foundational principles of Zen practice, emphasizing the importance of discipline, the central path to health, and the significance of form in Zen teachings. It delves into the complexities of acknowledging and administering responsibilities within a group and the necessity of developing a collective understanding and agreement. The discussion extends to the unique cultural interpretations and adaptations of Zen practice, highlighting the role of extended Sangha and the intersection with yoga as a means of physical and mental integration.

Referenced Works:
- Introduction to Zen Buddhism by D.T. Suzuki: Provides a foundational understanding of Zen principles and practices.
- The Way of Zen by Alan Watts: Explores the historical development and practical aspects of Zen in the West.
- Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki: Offers insights into maintaining a disciplined practice and the beginner's approach in Zen.
- The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali translated by Swami Satchidananda: Connects the practice of yoga with the exploration of physical and mental boundaries relevant to Zen teachings.

The transcript emphasizes the following key points:
- The necessity of discipline and order in maintaining Zen practice.
- A collective agreement in defining and administering Zen practices within a group.
- The adaptation and acceptance of Zen teachings in Western culture, incorporating practices from yoga to deepen the understanding.
- The ongoing exploration of personal and collective boundaries in spiritual practice.

AI Suggested Title: "Discipline and Harmony in Zen"

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Cymru, Cymru. It's a good day. It's a good day. Här är det.

[01:33]

Do you know what it was that you were going to do? And if we don't try to be sensitive, we get more and more deluded. And these details are important, but making noise. One thing that Zen has done over the years, over numbered and numbered centuries, is maintain a sense of discipline and order Where is the outcome? In the zone. In the way of life. Because central to health is this path different from you and this temporary. And it's going to come to life. It's like the center of the pace of your life. Not what you want to do, what you think you want to do, what you think you should do. That's all can personally be of a lower level than that. Of course, that is silly to try and explain. And perhaps our society is about to steal, steal, steal, countless, or develop any teaching by initiation, repeatedly,

[03:16]

It's not that the teaching is secretive, it's just that you can't just put it out there and no one will understand it. It depends on the nature of the course. But the form of the practice, the form of reading, the form you're conducive, and all these guests can come down, and what they can decide on is the public, and visible, and accessible form. maintain a certain way of life. This, as a statement, is in that sense, as a statement equal or greater than talking about Buddhism. I think it's a little easier to understand. So how do you do it right now? What is the relationship you're going to have? What time do they get up? What do they expect you to do? What are they going to call this in front of them? If they do a sitting, do they call it a sitting? If they do a session, do they call it a session? What is it? Anything they want to do is a session. How is the interaction going to be? I don't know someone else. I just took the first two letters.

[04:46]

But there must be some way to say, is this Zen practice or not? And particularly for people who are first-starting and don't know what it is. There should be a way we acknowledge what we want to administer the responsibility for as a group. There must be some way we acknowledge that to work is part of the system. And that there's no way there is... There's nothing I can think of. And we have to, all the way to the next move, develop some way.

[05:47]

Because there's no real way to do it. But if you and I develop a real understanding of the thing, and there's some agreement, if the agreement between 10 or 15 people, or more, or even less, will actually become a measure by which people will say, well, I know what they're doing and saying, These other people in the parliament are a little bit radical, but it's not important to me. It doesn't exemplify anything. It's not a must. So it's how we establish it, how we understand it, we're established by it. And how others do it, too, we're established by it. How do I acknowledge exactly what we call a practice period or not? We should everyone be calling everything a practice period, as long as it's roughly 30 days or 90 days. So what we do is we call it a practice period.

[07:09]

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[08:24]

It has to be in the realm of a kind of extended Sangha developing and understanding. And I think it is useful, as we extend this Sangha, How unusual this idea was in this Western world. How scary it seemed to most people. And you know, some of the groups that do have this sort of experience, it's very powerful, and some have a very wide membership. And yet, in our society, there's no collective, there's no access. I don't understand that at all. And individuals don't understand it. So there is a kind of manipulative side to it in our society. And it's interesting that our society hasn't developed a diving bell of yoga. And yoga, this posture, is a means of entering deeply into the embedded physical reality of our culture, of our genetics.

[09:52]

or the body culture isn't here with your yoga. The yoga gives me a chance to look at, find out what's embedded in me, and to shake it loose. Ὁ ἐἰ [...] ἐ� Because when you find a boundary and when you're establishing the boundaries of something, and at the same time finding what are the boundaries in yourself, it's time to take care of your life and begin to let go and regrow it. How do you express yourself? How important is it?

[11:20]

And I think that we will know how to make people sound happy. Until we really see how radical it is in our society. To be able to find... If you're not going to resonate with God, what will you resonate with? It's not just yourself. This is your body you still have. And the way we check up is, awareness is that one vibration, your most resonant bit of it. So we practice it always. To always be checking up, opening up with our energy and all that comes from here. No, no, it is a kind of finding one other person. That's so much a kind of seeking an animal, seeking a dependence. Practices, not with some special person. If some person has an experiment, he has to teach you or something. But with anyone, with anyone, this awareness is there.

[13:09]

and we were in an air of the past. To find out the boundaries of something, what is it, and to understand that it's something here, but not accepted, or not understood, or rather ignored, or put down, or reconsidered as the way we explore our own reality. I'm building this bond with a person. I'm extending that bond. And that bond then is another value, like peace, love. That's important. This is the end of this video. Thank you for watching.

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