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at	Upaya
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at	Upaya
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Mitsue	Nagase
Nagase	Vast
Vast	is
is	the
the	robe
robe	of
of	liberation
liberation	A
A	formless
formless	field
field	of
of	benefaction
benefaction	Every
Every	morning
morning	this
this	is
is	what
what	we
we	chant
chant	at
at	the
the	end
end	of
of	a
a	minute
minute	period
period	of
of	zazen
zazen	sitting
sitting	meditation
meditation	Every
Every	day
day	liberation
liberation	is
is	woven
woven	into
into	my
my	heart
heart	My
My	Zen
Zen	practice
practice	is
is	especially
especially	present
present	for
for	me
me	right
right	now
now	For
For	the
the	past
past	days
days	I
I	watched
watched	and
and	supported
supported	as
as	three
three	cohorts
cohorts	of
of	students
students	in
in	Upaya
Upaya	Zen
Zen	Center
Center	s
s	Buddhist
Buddhist	Chaplaincy
Chaplaincy	Program
Program	made
made	their
their	way
way	through
through	various
various	stages
stages	of
of	this
this	two
two	year
year	training
training	One
One	cohort
cohort	presented
presented	their
their	final
final	projects
projects	and
and	graduated
graduated	Another
Another	came
came	for
for	their
their	second
second	year
year	and
and	took
took	vows
vows	to
to	uphold
uphold	Buddhist
Buddhist	precepts
precepts	and
and	a
a	third
third	group
group	came
came	to
to	start
start	the
the	program
program	and
and	enter
enter	this
this	stream
stream	of
of	practice
practice	and
and	service
service	In
In	the
the	midst
midst	of
of	all
all	this
this	three
three	friends
friends	received
received	ordination
ordination	as
as	novice
novice	Zen
Zen	priests
priests	As
As	I
I	watched
watched	these
these	powerful
powerful	rites
rites	of
of	passage
passage	I
I	thought
thought	about
about	my
my	own
own	path
path	and
and	realized
realized	that
that	this
this	is
is	my
my	twelfth
twelfth	year
year	of
of	Zen
Zen	practice
practice	In
In	the
the	spring
spring	of
of	I
I	moved
moved	to
to	San
San	Francisco
Francisco	Zen
Zen	Center
Center	for
for	eight
eight	months
months	marking
marking	the
the	start
start	of
of	my
my	journey
journey	in
in	this
this	particular
particular	tradition
tradition	Since
Since	then
then	I
I	ve
ve	had
had	the
the	good
good	karma
karma	to
to	live
live	next
next	door
door	to
to	Zen
Zen	centers
centers	in
in	San
San	Francisco
Francisco	and
and	here
here	in
in	Santa
Santa	Fe
Fe	for
for	a
a	number
number	of
of	years
years	I
I	am
am	deeply
deeply	grateful
grateful	to
to	my
my	teachers
teachers	along
along	this
this	path
path	Throughout
Throughout	those
those	years
years	I
I	ve
ve	learned
learned	a
a	few
few	pretty
pretty	important
important	things
things	Be
Be	wholehearted
wholehearted	in
in	everything
everything	Don
Don	t
t	cut
cut	corners
corners	Treat
Treat	nothing
nothing	like
like	an
an	object
object	Fluff
Fluff	your
your	own
own	cushion
cushion	clean
clean	up
up	your
your	own
own	dishes
dishes	Don
Don	t
t	leave
leave	your
your	mess
mess	for
for	someone
someone	else
else	Stay
Stay	with
with	the
the	pack
pack	Nothing
Nothing	is
is	more
more	important
important	than
than	relationships
relationships	and
and	practicing
practicing	to
to	remember
remember	our
our	interconnection
interconnection	with
with	all
all	beings
beings	Heart
Heart	and
and	mind
mind	is
is	one
one	there
there	is
is	no
no	separation
separation	From
From	the
the	outside
outside	Zen
Zen	might
might	look
look	like
like	a
a	heady
heady	isolated
isolated	sort
sort	of
of	practice
practice	My
My	experience
experience	has
has	been
been	completely
completely	the
the	opposite
opposite	It
It	s
s	helped
helped	me
me	to
to	become
become	more
more	embodied
embodied	and
and	to
to	learn
learn	what
what	intimacy
intimacy	truly
truly	is
is	These
These	years
years	have
have	taught
taught	me
me	the
the	value
value	of
of	committing
committing	to
to	a
a	practice
practice	that
that	has
has	served
served	as
as	a
a	vehicle
vehicle	for
for	my
my	own
own	waking
waking	up
up	and
and	liberation
liberation	I
I	m
m	very
very	much
much	still
still	on
on	the
the	way
way	there
there	this
this	is
is	by
by	no
no	means
means	a
a	done
done	deal
deal	I
I	don
don	t
t	think
think	you
you	have
have	to
to	be
be	a
a	Zen
Zen	practitioner
practitioner	to
to	do
do	this
this	there
there	are
are	many
many	pathways
pathways	to
to	self
self	insight
insight	But
But	I
I	do
do	know
know	it
it	helps
helps	to
to	make
make	a
a	commitment
commitment	to
to	dive
dive	deep
deep	into
into	one
one	thing
thing	and
and	let
let	it
it	teach
teach	you
you	about
about	the
the	nature
nature	of
of	your
your	mind
mind	and
and	heart
heart	and
and	to
to	remind
remind	you
you	how
how	connected
connected	we
we	all
all	are
are	It
It	really
really	can
can	change
change	your
your	life
life	If
If	you
you	ve
ve	got
got	an
an	awareness
awareness	practice
practice	how
how	has
has	it
it	changed
changed	your
your	life
life	What
What	gifts
gifts	has
has	it
it	given
given	to
to	you
you	Please
Please	share
share	in
in	the
the	comments
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and	liberation
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as	well
well	as
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Keys	to
to	a
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Liberated	Life
Life	Related
Related	Comments
Comments	Thank
Thank	you
you	Maia
Maia	and
and	others
others	I
I	began
began	moving
moving	down
down	the
the	Zen
Zen	path
path	back
back	in
in	the
the	s
s	I
I	didn
didn	t
t	stick
stick	In
In	the
the	recent
recent	past
past	few
few	years
years	I
I	returned
returned	to
to	the
the	path
path	What
What	a
a	joyful
joyful	experience
experience	it
it	is
is	for
for	me
me	even
even	in
in	those
those	moments
moments	I
I	become
become	painfully
painfully	aware
aware	of
of	shame
shame	regret
regret	or
or	misdeeds
misdeeds	I
I	have
have	caused
caused	myself
myself	or
or	others
others	Joy
Joy	abounds
abounds	in
in	the
the	awareness
awareness	Reply
Reply	Carole
Carole	Folsom
Folsom	Hill
Hill	March
March	This
This	is
is	so
so	moving
moving	Sometimes
Sometimes	I
I	forget
forget	why
why	I
I	m
m	cooking
cooking	in
in	this
this	cauldron
cauldron	and
and	your
your	wisdom
wisdom	has
has	reminded
reminded	me
me	yet
yet	again
again	that
that	it
it	is
is	about
about	relationship
relationship	with
with	self
self	other
other	and
and	the
the	world
world	Fluff
Fluff	up
up	your
your	cushion
cushion	don
don	t
t	leave
leave	your
your	mess
mess	for
for	someone
someone	else
else	reminds
reminds	me
me	of
of	Jisen
Jisen	telling
telling	us
us	why
why	we
we	clean
clean	off
off	the
the	mat
mat	and
and	fluff
fluff	up
up	the
the	cushion
cushion	even
even	if
if	we
we	re
re	just
just	going
going	off
off	on
on	a
a	walking
walking	meditation
meditation	round
round	Leave
Leave	everything
everything	ready
ready	for
for	the
the	next
next	person
person	who
who	arrives
arrives	because
because	there
there	s
s	no
no	certainty
certainty	that
that	you
you	will
will	return
return	to
to	this
this	spot
spot	It
It	s
s	been
been	years
years	of
of	Zen
Zen	for
for	me
me	too
too	but
but	it
it	feels
feels	like
like	I
I	m
m	just
just	starting
starting	Nice
Nice	to
to	have
have	a
a	Big
Big	Sister
Sister	to
to	share
share	this
this	path
path	Reply
Reply	Lynette
Lynette	Genju
Genju	Monteiro
Monteiro	March
March	How
How	funny
funny	I
I	always
always	think
think	of
of	you
you	as
as	my
my	big
big	sister
sister	on
on	the
the	path
path	Lynette
Lynette	Reply
Reply	Maia
Maia	Duerr
Duerr	March
March	Great
Great	list
list	Maia
Maia	thanks
thanks	for
for	sharing
sharing	your
your	wisdom
wisdom	Reply
Reply	David
David	Ashton
Ashton	March
March	de
de	nada
nada	David
David	Reply
Reply	Maia
Maia	Duerr
Duerr	March
March	I
I	love
love	this
this	affirmation
affirmation	the
the	value
value	of
of	committing
committing	to
to	a
a	practice
practice	that
that	has
has	served
served	as
as	a
a	vehicle
vehicle	for
for	my
my	own
own	waking
waking	up
up	and
and	liberation
liberation	I
I	practice
practice	presence
presence	to
to	unfolding
unfolding	within
within	natural
natural	growth
growth	with
with	love
love	and
and	gratitude
gratitude	My
My	original
original	purpose
purpose	for
for	vesting
vesting	in
in	this
this	practice
practice	was
was	to
to	give
give	my
my	children
children	a
a	different
different	feel
feel	of
of	life
life	than
than	that
that	which
which	I
I	had
had	I
I	wanted
wanted	them
them	to
to	be
be	raised
raised	knowing
knowing	infinite
infinite	possibility
possibility	and
and	trust
trust	in
in	flow
flow	and
and	celebration
celebration	of
of	Source
Source	as
as	their
their	reality
reality	That
That	journey
journey	began
began	almost
almost	years
years	ago
ago	and
and	has
has	changed
changed	my
my	life
life	in
in	ways
ways	I
I	couldn
couldn	t
t	have
have	imagined
imagined	possible
possible	for
for	me
me	for
for	as
as	I
I	learned
learned	for
for	them
them	I
I	began
began	to
to	experience
experience	it
it	for
for	me
me	All
All	that
that	they
they	reflect
reflect	to
to	me
me	reminds
reminds	me
me	of
of	the
the	reality
reality	of
of	the
the	concepts
concepts	I
I	read
read	and
and	study
study	inner
inner	peace
peace	freedom
freedom	joy
joy	of
of	creative
creative	expression
expression	and
and	enlivening
enlivening	transparent
transparent	connections
connections	It
It	is
is	a
a	practice
practice	a
a	conscious
conscious	choice
choice	to
to	vest
vest	presence
presence	this
this	moment
moment	as
as	I
I	am
am	as
as	it
it	is
is	Reply
Reply	Joy
Joy	March
March	Joy
Joy	having
having	met
met	your
your	two
two	wonderful
wonderful	kids
kids	for
for	a
a	brief
brief	time
time	I
I	can
can	attest
attest	to
to	the
the	fact
fact	that
that	they
they	are
are	a
a	living
living	testimony
testimony	to
to	the
the	power
power	of
of	your
your	practice
practice	of
of	presence
presence	How
How	wonderful
wonderful	to
to	have
have	them
them	as
as	mirrors
mirrors	to
to	reflect
reflect	back
back	to
to	you
you	how
how	that
that	practice
practice	has
has	transformed
transformed	your
your	own
own	life
life	Reply
Reply	Maia
Maia	Duerr
Duerr	March
March	What
What	a
a	wonderful
wonderful	list
list	Maia
Maia	I
I	particularly
particularly	like
like	Don
Don	t
t	cut
cut	corners
corners	Do
Do	everything
everything	wholeheartedly
wholeheartedly	and
and	Don
Don	t
t	leave
leave	your
your	mess
mess	for
for	others
others	I
I	do
do	writing
writing	practice
practice	as
as	an
an	awareness
awareness	practice
practice	sometimes
sometimes	it
it	is
is	only
only	my
my	discursive
discursive	thoughts
thoughts	for
for	days
days	on
on	end
end	especially
especially	when
when	I
I	am
am	rushed
rushed	I
I	also
also	sit
sit	regular
regular	retreats
retreats	which
which	I
I	refer
refer	to
to	as
as	my
my	tune
tune	uos
uos	they
they	tune
tune	my
my	heart
heart	to
to	more
more	compassionate
compassionate	behavior
behavior	Practice
Practice	of
of	all
all	sorts
sorts	has
has	gained
gained	me
me	a
a	measure
measure	of
of	patience
patience	and
and	non
non	defensiveness
defensiveness	that
that	I
I	did
did	not
not	use
use	to
to	have
have	although
although	there
there	is
is	room
room	for
for	more
more	patience
patience	and
and	less
less	defensiveness
defensiveness	Reply
Reply	Sharyn
Sharyn	Dimmick
Dimmick	March
March	Sharyn
Sharyn	I
I	love
love	what
what	you
you	write
write	here
here	because
because	it
it	reminds
reminds	us
us	that
that	a
a	practice
practice	is
is	just
just	that
that	not
not	something
something	that
that	makes
makes	us
us	perfect
perfect	but
but	something
something	that
that	brings
brings	us
us	more
more	in
in	line
line	with
with	our
our	authentic
authentic	self
self	which
which	is
is	perfectly
perfectly	beautifully
beautifully	flawed
flawed	Reply
Reply	Maia
Maia	Duerr
Duerr	March
March	Thank
Thank	you
you	for
for	this
this	message
message	It
It	s
s	not
not	just
just	a
a	blog
blog	entry
entry	it
it	s
s	a
a	gift
gift	and
and	I
I	needed
needed	to
to	hear
hear	it
it	today
today	Reply
Reply	Gerald
Gerald	Prrish
Prrish	March
March	So
So	glad
glad	it
it	spoke
spoke	to
to	you
you	Gerald
Gerald	blessings
blessings	Reply
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