Too much joy goes with too much sorrow - Zen talks

After plumvillageindia news of vesak 2022, the community practicing mindfulness near Mysore, is back to life. On the traditions of Thich Nhat Hanh with basics of nonviolance, compassion, (ahimsa and karuna) retreats have begun. This WordPress site is a practicing center, a true home away from home. A monastery as well as a short stay place. 

Too much joy goes with too much sorrow.

You will think I am leaning towards pessimism as I am talking about suffering often. A pessimist has a disturbed mind. He can never stay calm and serene for a few minutes. 

A zen meditator remains calm all the time. It is that Wonder I am talking about.

To say a birth is optimism, then death is pessimism. It is a over simplification of things. The reality is both are equally real facts.

So if you spend more time finding joys, you are putting your self to  encounter sorrow equally in same measure.

One extreme of this is called Bipolar disease.  Either they laugh too much or cry too much.

They can never remain calm.

They never understand deep reality. They are intelligent but not wise. 

A zen meditator is a lotus leaf, a result of practice in sanghas of the likes of India plum village.

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