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But the way of practice is just to be concentrated on your breathing with the right posture and with great, pure effort. This is how we practice Zen.
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Shunryu Suzuki
When I finally did open my mouth to say something, what I said was: “Have you ever noticed that there’s this voice talking inside your head?” Ronnie looked at me a little weird, and then a spark lit in his eyes. He said, “Yes, I see what you’re talking about—mine never shuts up!”
The Surrender Experiment
Michael A. Singer
So we meditate on impermanence in order to touch the nature of impermanence. We need the concentration on impermanence, not the notion of impermanence. The notion of impermanence cannot liberate us. It’s the insight of impermanence that liberates us. It’s something altogether different from the notion.
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