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Zen for Daily Living: Transformation in difficult times

Zen for Daily Living: Transformation in difficult times Dr. David Zuniga, Guest columnist © HANDOUT David Zuniga is a licensed psychologist and a previous faculty member at the Integrative Medicine Department at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dec. 8 was Bodhi Day, a holiday in Buddhism celebrating the day the Historical Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, realized his Buddha nature. The term Buddha, translated from Sanskrit, indicates a being who has awakened to the true nature of reality. In Buddhism, the true nature of reality means that everything is changing. On a cellular level our bodies change. Our bodies, our minds, our very lives are always changing in subtle ways. For example, I am a Zen priest, a clinical psychologist, a husband and a father. While those four things embody much of my purpose, my path and essence of my life, even those key dimensions of my life are always changing. I am not the same Zen priest I was when I was first ord

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