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"Don't Hold On To Anger" - by Cristina Moon - CMOON

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Why We Have To Train With Anger To Let It Go

Training in Kendo (The Way of the Sword) For my last guest lecture as part of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care’s Foundations program, Koshin and Chodo Senseis asked me to speak on the 9th Zen precept, which they translated as "Don't hold on to anger." I could only assume they wanted to hear what I had to say as someone who lives at a Zen temple where our samurai, or warrior, lineage is as important as our Buddhist lineage, and where we train in martial arts—i.e., activities often misunderstood as being motivated by violence and anger. I like this translation, "Don't hold on…

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