Even when we face a situation where we long to help but cannot, our practice remains the same - to take that helplessness into our life and allow it to transform us. Then, on the day we are able to help, we can.

People often express their helplessness at not being able to help the suffering in the conflicts raging around the world. This is one response from the clarity and purity of our original compassion.

We all find ourselves in a particular landscape and it is here we live, as part of it and with respect and gratitude.

The old texts say life is suffering, that the world is burning, that the world is in trauma. Our practice is not to discuss the merits of this statement but to take the next step, to make it real. Insofar as there is suffering, how will I respond? In the same way, other texts say life is beautiful; how will I respond? Then Zen goes beyond slogans and comes to life.

We practice Zen to make our life real, not to fit in with any words or

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In this Dharma talk Antony Osho looks at a natural Zen practice that is an expression of our deep connectedness to the world, rather than a practice that expresses only our need, ambition or anxiety.

In this talk, Antony Osho looks at taking refuge as a gesture of connectedness with this life.

This practice is not just about finding the jewel in the world of form but of living the world of form as the jewel itself.