Day 3. Who's This In The Shower With Me?

ZEN MASTER, THE VASE AND THE PRECIOUSNESS OF LIFE
Suryacitta introduces the session about attachment with a story of the Zen Master and the vase then explores it by way of another story about, why your life is so precious. The session ends with few minutes of meditation.

Reviews

There were three essential teachings in the third session of this series: First, to cherish what brings us joy and to let go of what brings us pain. Second, it is the crack—not only the one already sustained, but also the potential to break—that renders something precious. And third, to allow ourselves to cherish both the feelings of joy and vulnerability in our relationships with people and things.
I very much appreciated the kind and calm tone of the two readings and the reflections on them, especially the one on the breath cycle signifying the circle of life, marked by continuous beginnings and endings. I'm also grateful for the absence of background music or sounds, which helped me stay fully focused on the words and their meaning. Thank you 🙏

Lovely. By the end, I no longer wanted to mend my cracks. I wanted to use kintsugi, mending with gold, not to patch up but to see them and honour them.

This was so beautiful. I am studying to become an End-of-Life Doula and this is such a beautiful meditation. Cycle of life in the simple observation of breath. 🙏🏼❤️

Thank you so much for this teaching. I am really enjoying the whole series but found the message in this session particularly poignant and, as always with your lessons, eloquently yet simply explained. Wonderful 🙏

You've imparted very important messages, thank you. Stories are a precious tool! 💖