AboutStuart Resnick Expertise I'm a long-time practitioner in a Korean-style Zen school. I can answer questions regarding Zen, formal sitting meditation, self-inquiry, the practice of "koan" transmission, and offer the particular perspective of this school on the great life questions.
Experience 18 years of formal practice with the Kwan Um School of Zen, currently with the Empty Gate Zen Center of Berkeley, currently a "Senior Dharma Teacher" at this center, I give periodic talks and informally answer questions of students interested in Zen practice and teaching style
Question What then is Eternal Happiness?
How do I obtain it?
Can you provides with a diagram of Eternal Happiness?
Answer "Eternal Happiness" is an idea. If you want "Eternal Happiness" for yourself, you'll suffer. If you don't want anything for yourself, then already everything is no problem.
The diagram of Eternal Happiness is to put down all ideas about getting something for yourself. Instead, clearly perceive the situation, right in front of you, in this very moment, and try to act in a way that's not just for yourself, but for everyone. Keep your mind like clear space; allow thoughts like Eternal and Happiness and "I want" to appear and disappear like clouds.
