lottery numbers. I sat the way I had been instructed to at temple—legs crossed, back straight. If I couldn’t keep my back straight then I flattened myself against a wall, aligning the top of my head down the length of my spine. I inhaled three seconds, saying , and then slowly exhaled through my nose, saying . I was six and didn’t know why I had to recite and , didn’t know that it was a
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From Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake: Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn (Shambhala Publications).■
