{"id":9410,"date":"2013-12-01T09:26:03","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T14:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/2013\/11\/24\/"},"modified":"2013-12-01T09:26:33","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T14:26:33","slug":"living-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=9410","title":{"rendered":"Living the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

At this point in my life I\u2019ve read quite a few books about Zen Buddhism, and since it\u2019s me I\u2019ve forgotten a healthy chunk of what I\u2019ve read. (Seriously, I\u2019ve got an awful memory, even for things I really want to learn and retain.) However, despite my crappy memory I feel quite certain I\u2019ve never encounter a Zen book quite like \u201cLiving the Season: Zen Practice for Transformative Times\u201d by Ji Hyang Padma.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Often Ji Hyang Padma shares stories from her own life and own experiences making \u201cLiving the Season\u201d part memoir. The Zen Buddhism discussed in the book is based on what is practiced in Korea, which you rarely read about in the West. I\u2019d never seen it before so I found that very interesting. I learned that my favorite goddess, or Bodhisattva if you hang with the Buddhists, Kwan Yin, is referred to as Kwan Seum Bosal if you\u2019re a Korean Buddhist. \u201cLiving the Season\u201d has loads of exercises. Once Ji Hyang Padma gets you meditating the sky is the limit. Literally. One of the exercises is sky gazing!<\/p>\n

Ji Hyang Padma\u2019s writing is sincere in acknowledging what most of us already know, we\u2019re in a time of upheaval and change. Her message is to understand how we\u2019re all connected and work to be of service to each other and also be of service to our planet. All of this is conveyed in her beautiful voice, filled with authenticity. \u201cLiving the Season\u201d is a story, a Zen practice, and a mission statement, not to be missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"