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Do I have to be a Buddhist to practise zen?

The cushion has never once asked anyone what they believe. Zen is not a membership; it is an activity, like breathing or walking. Whether you call yourself Buddhist, Christian or nothing at all, the work is the same: stop, sit still, and notice what the mind does when you give it nothing to do. Labels are just more thoughts to watch. Tonight, sit for ten minutes, and each time a name for what you are doing appears, let it go.

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This was one stranger’s question. In the app, you sit, say what is actually going on, and the teacher answers you, in a voice, privately. The first dokusan is free.