APN98 - This Temple Has No Walls

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This Temple has no Walls. Genpo Roshi has a great line about the fact that we need to tear down the temple walls and and see the whole world as our monastery, church, synagogue, yoga studio, dojo, meditation center, philosophy class, whatever, as we see every moment as another opportunity to practice our spirituality. I love that. And for whatever reason, whenever I think of this idea, I remember my dad, God bless you Popsicle, yelling at slow drivers on the way out of our church's parking lot. Even as a kid, that always struck me as odd. These days, it's becoming more and more clear to me just how easy it is to check the Check me out I'm spiritual box by showing up for our required number of yoga classes, sitting for our required number of meditation minutes, going to our weekly Holy day service, or insert your favorite spiritual activity here and then being a total butt head the rest of the week. Huh. Makes no sense. Here's to tearing down the temple walls and seeing our entire lives as the practice.

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