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The author, an American monk, spent a year and a half training at Zen temples in Japan. At the deepest level, he found the teachings on meditation practice to be the same between American Zen and Japanese Zen. However, the context and emphasis of the teachings were very different. In Japan, there was an unequivocal dedication to monastic life and a feeling of practicing the ancient tradition as the early masters did. While this inspired and frustrated the author at times, it also helped address his concerns
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- luis
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- EN