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The Zen Studies Podcast

197 – Neither Avoidance nor Identification: Being with the Reality of Painful Situations

27 min • 11 mars 2022
Sometimes there is no avoiding painful situations, whether the difficulty is arising in our own life or from witnessing suffering in the world around us. How can we respond to troubling conditions with generosity and compassion, but also without being overwhelmed? I discuss the Zen approach of being with the reality of situations – neither avoiding the pain, nor identifying with it.
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