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Zen Essentials: Samu – Sacred Work

  • Jan 30, 2022
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Updated: Jan 12, 2025

Seido talks about the importance of samu (work practice) for lay people expressing the three paramitas (virtues) of meditation, generosity and vigor. She gives simple instructions to bring the mind back to the senses, to let go of time and release attachment to outcome. The talk includes ways our karmic tendencies show up in our work habits and how we overcome these habits by returning to what’s right in front of us.




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