An awakened zen life is one that expresses right insight through right action. Seeing into true nature of reality is not complete until that reality begins to shape our daily life into one that is less controlled by old, conditioned, selfish habits of greed, anger, hatred and ignorance, and more given over to the selfless living of the oneness of all that is. Right Action is at the heart of Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path of Awakening, for, as He taught, action is the expression of right thought and right meditation. All too often, however, practitioners believe that grasping of truth of Dharma is enough. It is not. Enlightenment isn't fully realised until it is expressedin our lives-until it functions. -Janet Jiryu Abels, Making Zen Your Own
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More often than not, insight or not, it still boils down to
1) Mindfulness
2) Discipline
3) Perserverence/Patience/Forbearance
4) Determination
Plain insight without these just doesn't cut it. No easy way out dudes, back to the mill!
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