Online: Finding Balance in our Lives
with Rev. Tenku Ruff
Thursday, September 29th, 2022 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET
These days, many people find themselves at the edge of either excess anxiety or ongoing depression. It can be hard to find our way through. The Buddha once asked his disciple, Sona, a former lute player, about properly tuning the lute. Ven. Sona replied that for tuneful and harmonious sounds, the strings should be “not too tight, not too loose.” So it is with our meditation practice, and with our lives. How can we find a balance between striving and slackness? When our minds are in balance and still, the path is clear; when we are either too fervently bent on understanding “something” or when we are weary—in body or in mind—the path can be harder to see.
On this evening of practice Tenku Ruff Osho will focus on finding balance, allowing our bodies show us the way, and letting go of the places where we feel stuck.
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Teacher(s)
Tenku Ruff
Tenku Ruff, Osho is a Soto Zen Buddhist priest who completed novice training in Zen monasteries in Japan and North America. Tenku is the former President of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association, she holds a Master of Divinity degree from Maitripa College, and she is a Board Certified Chaplain (BCC). Tenku has strong interest in ethics, inter-Buddhist / interfaith dialogue, and ways people can support each other and grow through challenges in life. Tenku Osho is the head priest of Beacon Zen Temple in Beacon, New York (www.beaconzen.org).