What Is Zen?

Zen is a way of being or a way of life, rather than a task you need to achieve. In this video, meditation specialist Andy Puddicombe discusses the benefits of meditation, and how integrating feelings of awareness into your daily life promotes zen.

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So zen is more of a way of being, a or a of life,

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rather than something that you need to do. So very often, people think sort of zen, right OK. I need to go and lock myself away for an hour and meditate.

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First thing to say is we do meditate. Sort of as little as 10 or 15 minutes can make a really big difference.

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But it's more about how you integrate that sense of being present, being aware, into your everyday life, into everyday activities.

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So rather than adding something additional to try and squeeze into an already busy day, instead you're actually simply incorporating

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this into whatever it might be. It could be housework. It could be working in an office, driving to and from work, anything at all.

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Wherever our mind is, we have the opportunity to practice zen.