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By	zen
zen	min
min	read
read	I
I	love
love	practical
practical	advice
advice	that
that	you
you	can
can	immediately
immediately	apply
apply	to
to	your
your	life
life	And
And	Zen
Zen	a
a	school
school	of
of	Mahayana
Mahayana	Buddhism
Buddhism	is
is	full
full	of
of	practical
practical	wisdom
wisdom	When
When	I
I	tell
tell	my
my	friends
friends	colleagues
colleagues	and
and	people
people	I
I	work
work	with
with	that
that	I
I	like
like	reading
reading	about
about	Zen
Zen	Buddhism
Buddhism	they
they	often
often	make
make	remarks
remarks	like
like	When
When	are
are	you
you	going
going	to
to	grow
grow	your
your	hair
hair	walk
walk	around
around	bare
bare	feet
feet	and
and	talk
talk	about
about	yoga
yoga	all
all	day
day	That
That	s
s	the
the	hipster
hipster	way
way	of
of	life
life	Not
Not	the
the	Zen
Zen	way
way	What
What	is
is	Zen
Zen	actually
actually	To
To	be
be	honest
honest	I
I	don
don	t
t	know
know	It
It	s
s	not
not	a
a	religion
religion	belief
belief	or
or	piece
piece	of
of	knowledge
knowledge	I
I	started
started	reading
reading	more
more	about
about	Zen
Zen	when
when	I
I	learned
learned	that
that	legendary
legendary	basketball
basketball	coach
coach	Phil
Phil	Jackson
Jackson	is
is	very
very	into
into	Zen
Zen	and
and	used
used	the
the	concepts
concepts	to
to	coach
coach	Michael
Michael	Jordan
Jordan	and
and	Kobe
Kobe	Bryant
Bryant	And
And	especially
especially	Kobe
Kobe	a
a	person
person	who
who	I
I	have
have	immense
immense	respect
respect	for
for	embraced
embraced	Zen
Zen	principles
principles	When
When	I
I	found
found	out
out	about
about	that
that	I
I	wanted
wanted	to
to	learn
learn	more
more	about
about	Zen
Zen	Phil
Phil	Jackson
Jackson	also
also	mentions
mentions	a
a	Zen
Zen	quote
quote	in
in	his
his	book
book	Eleven
Eleven	Rings
Rings	which
which	is
is	about
about	the
the	championship
championship	runs
runs	of
of	the
the	Chicago
Chicago	Bulls
Bulls	and
and	LA
LA	Lakers
Lakers	Before
Before	enlightenment
enlightenment	chop
chop	wood
wood	and
and	carry
carry	water
water	After
After	enlightenment
enlightenment	chop
chop	wood
wood	and
and	carry
carry	water
water	Wu
Wu	Li
Li	My
My	interpretation
interpretation	is
is	that
that	no
no	matter
matter	what
what	happens
happens	in
in	your
your	life
life	you
you	must
must	keep
keep	doing
doing	your
your	task
task	I
I	live
live	by
by	that
that	philosophy
philosophy	too
too	You
You	can
can	replace
replace	enlightenment
enlightenment	with
with	any
any	life
life	goal
goal	Nothing
Nothing	changes
changes	once
once	you
you	achieve
achieve	something
something	You
You	still
still	have
have	to
to	do
do	what
what	you
you	re
re	meant
meant	to
to	do
do	Over
Over	the
the	past
past	few
few	years
years	I
I	ve
ve	read
read	more
more	about
about	Zen
Zen	and
and	everything
everything	that
that	s
s	related
related	to
to	it
it	What
What	I
I	ve
ve	found
found	is
is	that
that	it
it	s
s	not
not	a
a	smart
smart	thing
thing	to
to	get
get	hung
hung	up
up	on
on	definitions
definitions	movements
movements	and
and	groups
groups	Buddhism
Buddhism	Taoism
Taoism	Zen
Zen	they
they	share
share	many
many	of
of	the
the	same
same	ideas
ideas	To
To	be
be	honest
honest	I
I	also
also	don
don	t
t	care
care	what
what	is
is	what
what	and
and	who
who	invented
invented	certain
certain	ideas
ideas	I
I	ll
ll	leave
leave	that
that	to
to	the
the	pseudo
pseudo	intellectualists
intellectualists	of
of	this
this	world
world	All
All	I
I	know
know	is
is	that
that	many
many	of
of	the
the	Zen
Zen	teachings
teachings	are
are	very
very	useful
useful	for
for	living
living	a
a	peaceful
peaceful	and
and	happy
happy	life
life	So
So	I
I	ve
ve	made
made	a
a	list
list	of
of	Zen
Zen	lessons
lessons	I
I	ve
ve	found
found	practical
practical	and
and	easily
easily	applicable
applicable	to
to	modern
modern	day
day	life
life	Here
Here	we
we	go
go	Find
Find	Your
Your	Meditation
Meditation	Technique
Technique	The
The	most
most	important
important	part
part	of
of	a
a	Zen
Zen	monk
monk	s
s	life
life	is
is	meditation
meditation	I
I	ve
ve	tried
tried	sitting
sitting	meditation
meditation	in
in	the
the	past
past	It
It	s
s	not
not	for
for	me
me	So
So	I
I	ve
ve	turned
turned	running
running	and
and	strength
strength	training
training	into
into	my
my	meditation
meditation	The
The	most
most	important
important	thing
thing	about
about	meditation
meditation	is
is	this
this	Practice
Practice	being
being	in
in	the
the	moment
moment	I
I	ve
ve	found
found	it
it	doesn
doesn	t
t	matter
matter	what
what	type
type	of
of	activity
activity	you
you	use
use	Sitting
Sitting	meditation
meditation	yoga
yoga	running
running	strength
strength	training
training	you
you	can
can	MAKE
MAKE	it
it	work
work	for
for	you
you	Make
Make	sure
sure	you
you	re
re	one
one	with
with	your
your	body
body	clear
clear	your
your	mind
mind	and
and	do
do	it
it	regularly
regularly	One
One	note
note	Meditation
Meditation	doesn
doesn	t
t	work
work	when
when	you
you	try
try	to
to	do
do	six
six	thousand
thousand	things
things	at
at	the
the	same
same	time
time	I
I	ve
ve	recently
recently	learned
learned	to
to	do
do	one
one	thing
thing	at
at	a
a	time
time	I
I	ve
ve	stopped
stopped	doing
doing	things
things	like
like	listening
listening	to
to	audiobooks
audiobooks	and
and	podcasts
podcasts	when
when	you
you	re
re	working
working	on
on	something
something	important
important	or
or	when
when	you
you	re
re	exercising
exercising	Ever
Ever	since
since	I
I	quit
quit	that
that	type
type	of
of	multitasking
multitasking	behavior
behavior	my
my	workouts
workouts	have
have	improved
improved	drastically
drastically	These
These	days
days	I
I	completely
completely	focus
focus	on
on	the
the	task
task	at
at	hand
hand	Running
Running	lifting
lifting	weights
weights	my
my	muscles
muscles	the
the	way
way	I
I	breathe
breathe	etc
etc	I
I	still
still	like
like	to
to	listen
listen	to
to	music
music	because
because	that
that	easily
easily	moves
moves	to
to	the
the	background
background	You
You	don
don	t
t	have
have	to
to	focus
focus	on
on	it
it	Enjoy
Enjoy	The
The	Moment
Moment	This
This	quote
quote	from
from	Thích
Thích	Nhất
Nhất	Hạnh
Hạnh	a
a	Vietnamese
Vietnamese	Zen
Zen	Monk
Monk	says
says	it
it	all
all	Drink
Drink	your
your	tea
tea	slowly
slowly	and
and	reverently
reverently	as
as	if
if	it
it	is
is	the
the	axis
axis	on
on	which
which	the
the	world
world	earth
earth	revolves
revolves	slowly
slowly	evenly
evenly	without
without	rushing
rushing	toward
toward	the
the	future
future	Look
Look	you
you	don
don	t
t	have
have	to
to	do
do	groundbreaking
groundbreaking	things
things	to
to	live
live	a
a	meaningful
meaningful	life
life	You
You	don
don	t
t	need
need	to
to	be
be	the
the	youngest
youngest	person
person	to
to	climb
climb	Everest
Everest	Actually
Actually	you
you	don
don	t
t	need
need	to
to	be
be	the
the	first
first	person
person	who
who	does
does	anything
anything	Just
Just	makes
makes	sure
sure	you
you	enjoy
enjoy	most
most	moments
moments	of
of	your
your	day
day	I
I	say
say	most
most	because
because	you
you	re
re	probably
probably	way
way	too
too	busy
busy	to
to	enjoy
enjoy	every
every	moment
moment	That
That	s
s	not
not	realistic
realistic	unless
unless	you
you	re
re	a
a	Monk
Monk	But
But	stopping
stopping	for
for	a
a	few
few	seconds
seconds	a
a	day
day	and
and	enjoying
enjoying	the
the	moment
moment	that
that	s
s	something
something	everyone
everyone	can
can	do
do	No
No	excuses
excuses	Happiness
Happiness	Is
Is	Closer
Closer	Than
Than	You
You	Think
Think	We
We	often
often	look
look	at
at	outside
outside	sources
sources	for
for	happiness
happiness	Travel
Travel	a
a	new
new	job
job	moving
moving	to
to	a
a	different
different	city
city	or
or	county
county	a
a	new
new	partner
partner	more
more	experiences
experiences	etc
etc	But
But	if
if	you
you	re
re	unhappy
unhappy	now
now	you
you	will
will	probably
probably	be
be	an
an	unhappy
unhappy	person
person	with
with	new
new	experiences
experiences	A
A	quote
quote	from
from	the
the	Japanese
Japanese	Zen
Zen	Master
Master	Dogen
Dogen	explains
explains	it
it	well
well	If
If	you
you	are
are	unable
unable	to
to	find
find	the
the	truth
truth	right
right	where
where	you
you	are
are	where
where	else
else	do
do	you
you	expect
expect	to
to	find
find	it
it	Don
Don	t
t	look
look	for
for	happiness
happiness	in
in	other
other	places
places	Find
Find	it
it	right
right	where
where	you
you	are
are	Once
Once	you
you	become
become	happy
happy	it
it	s
s	easier
easier	to
to	stay
stay	happy
happy	Focus
Focus	On
On	The
The	Process
Process	Zen
Zen	Monks
Monks	and
and	Masters
Masters	don
don	t
t	care
care	about
about	results
results	They
They	focus
focus	on
on	habits
habits	rituals
rituals	and
and	processes
processes	that
that	support
support	the
the	Zen
Zen	way
way	of
of	living
living	Too
Too	often
often	we
we	stare
stare	blindly
blindly	on
on	the
the	results
results	we
we	want
want	to
to	achieve
achieve	that
that	we
we	forget
forget	why
why	we
we	do
do	something
something	in
in	the
the	first
first	place
place	I
I	don
don	t
t	think
think	there
there	s
s	anything
anything	wrong
wrong	with
with	trying
trying	to
to	achieve
achieve	things
things	You
You	don
don	t
t	have
have	to
to	give
give	up
up	everything
everything	and
and	move
move	to
to	a
a	monastery
monastery	But
But	make
make	sure
sure	you
you	develop
develop	habits
habits	and
and	rituals
rituals	that
that	support
support	what
what	you
you	re
re	trying
trying	to
to	achieve
achieve	in
in	life
life	When
When	you
you	focus
focus	on
on	the
the	process
process	the
the	outcome
outcome	will
will	follow
follow	automatically
automatically	Zen
Zen	Believes
Believes	The
The	Meaning
Meaning	Of
Of	Life
Life	Is
Is	To
To	Be
Be	Alive
Alive	Alan
Alan	Watts
Watts	was
was	a
a	British
British	philosopher
philosopher	who
who	was
was	introduced
introduced	to
to	Zen
Zen	in
in	when
when	he
he	attended
attended	a
a	conference
conference	where
where	D
D	T
T	Suzuki
Suzuki	spoke
spoke	Suzuki
Suzuki	a
a	Japanese
Japanese	author
author	singlehandedly
singlehandedly	influenced
influenced	the
the	spreading
spreading	of
of	Zen
Zen	in
in	the
the	West
West	And
And	ever
ever	since
since	that
that	moment
moment	Watts
Watts	years
years	old
old	at
at	the
the	time
time	was
was	fascinated
fascinated	with
with	Zen
Zen	He
He	wrote
wrote	many
many	books
books	One
One	of
of	the
the	most
most	popular
popular	books
books	is
is	Way
Way	of
of	Zen
Zen	Watts
Watts	also
also	built
built	a
a	large
large	following
following	in
in	the
the	West
West	And
And	I
I	have
have	to
to	say
say	that
that	I
I	like
like	his
his	work
work	a
a	lot
lot	Especially
Especially	his
his	perspective
perspective	on
on	the
the	meaning
meaning	of
of	life
life	He
He	said
said	The
The	meaning
meaning	of
of	life
life	is
is	just
just	to
to	be
be	alive
alive	It
It	is
is	so
so	plain
plain	and
and	so
so	obvious
obvious	and
and	so
so	simple
simple	And
And	yet
yet	everybody
everybody	rushes
rushes	around
around	in
in	a
a	great
great	panic
panic	as
as	if
if	it
it	were
were	necessary
necessary	to
to	achieve
achieve	something
something	beyond
beyond	themselves
themselves	This
This	sounds
sounds	obvious
obvious	but
but	I
I	m
m	going
going	to
to	say
say	it
it	anyway
anyway	Instead
Instead	of
of	thinking
thinking	spend
spend	your
your	life
life	living
living	Make
Make	yourself
yourself	useful
useful	solve
solve	problems
problems	add
add	value
value	and
and	most
most	importantly
importantly	Enjoy
Enjoy	it
it	Don
Don	t
t	rush
rush	life
life	Before
Before	you
you	know
know	it
it	will
will	all
all	be
be	over
over	To
To	me
me	that
that	s
s	the
the	true
true	Zen
Zen	way
way	of
of	living
living	Read
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