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to the limits of our sincerity. We must come to the limits of our practice. We must come
to the limits of that which we believe possible in terms of body, and in terms of mind in
order to let go of all the terms, the deals that we might make, in order to go past our
compromises and become alive to our life. So please, practice this body, practice this
mind, practice this posture, this breath, this moment, as sincerely as you possibly can.
This is not a self-help course. This is not a mythology. This is not a faith. The
things that I say when I talk about dropping body and mind, or when you hear Dogen
zenji and Bodhidharma and the entirety of our lineage display and discuss their
experience of the nature of things is not simply metaphor. We are not kidding.
So please, practice most thoroughly, as thoroughly as you are able to. Understand
yourselves most thoroughly. Do what you are able to do, and yet please, allow yourself to
go past that limit.
Here in this sesshin, we celebrate and acknowledge the beginning of our Lineage
through the practice and realization of Sakyamuni Buddha. It is up to each and every one
of you to renew this practice, to renew this Lineage, to receive this Transmission, to
understand and study this bodymind; to drop this bodymind and understand and actualize
that which is living each and every one of you.
So please, do the best that you can, and enjoy yourselves.
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