Add to ORKGDuration: 33:02Date: December, 2008 (exact date is unknown).Duration: 33:02An orientation to five-day Zen retreats. Themes include: the Buddha's first noble truth on suffering; critiques of the quest for peace, satisfaction, and fulfilment; the Buddha's cure for suffering; stilling the mind in zazen; attention on the present moment; starving the ego by curbing the addiction of metalizing; being present in everyday activity; consciousness and Buddha-mind. The next part of the talk focuses on bringing the practice into the real world. Themes include: the value and magic of a daily meditation practice; the aspects and circumstances of life continue regardless - one's reaction to them will change as one realizes that one is bigger than the c...