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What is the use of a life dedicated to sit in zazen instead of 5 minutes being a happy man? What is the use of a life dedicated to the sitting often with suffering rather than simply to be a good happy man? Many of us devote to sitting in their life or part of it believing that wisdom will flourish in our lives and understanding. Often nothing is changing. Sometimes we become even worse for other people.The practice is associated with suffering. Life is also suffering. What is the point?

February 25, 2016, 11:51 amHow pitiful isn´t it? All you were able to practice is suffering zazen? If your zazen does not bring happiness to your family, and is only concerned with how you feel, it is better to stop practising.