禅Roland Rech

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Always Returning to the Present Moment

Kusen of Roland Rech

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The practice of zazen is very simple: always returning to the present moment. When you notice that you have been carried away by your thoughts, you come back to the posture, the breathing, the present reality. This return is not a failure—it is the practice itself. Each time you return, you are practicing the fundamental gesture of awakening: letting go of illusion and coming back to what is real.

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By Roland Rech

From Kusen of Roland Rech

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