Happy birthday Shinzen. Thank you for your wisdom and kindness, elder brother! Love you!!!

Wish you a long and healthy life brother! Easily my favourite dharma teacher! Long live and long may you continue to spread your wisdom.

Happy birthday from all the people who were not there but were thinking of you and those at the retreat. Many more happy returns.

Hope he lives as long as his mom - 20 more years! The world needs him. He's very pragmatic about what's happening with technology and neuroscience and he's also refreshingly optimistic, not a doomsayer like so many people these days about AI.

Happy Birthday, Master. Thank you!

Happy birthday thank you for all the help and for the life practice program!

Thank you ShinZen. You also changed my life. Thanks for the effort and generosity all these years. Happy birthday. You are my hero.

Love you Shinzen, you've changed my life, happy birthday!

Thanks to Shinzen I started with mediation few years ago. Can't express how grateful I am for that. Changed the course of my life. Hope he's doing great

@justin7443

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Hrnek, would you mind sharing with me how it changed the course of your life? How often and long do you meditate? Looking forward to your reply, thank you.

@hrnekbezucha

5 жыл бұрын

@@justin7443 Hi there, I started about five years ago when I was living abroad looking for what to do with my life. Still don't quite have an answer for that, btw. Started with 20 minutes of "just sitting" (shikantaza) a day and steadily increased it, now with at least two half-hour sits. Problem is that I thought I don't need a teacher or a sangha, the internet is full of dharma talks and guides and what not. Simple misunderstanding on my part. Just looked for a group few months ago when I got back. It helps a great deal, there's no comparing of solitary practice and guided practice for a beginner. Anyway, how it changed my life? When I experienced the state of deep relaxation and peace, I realised there's a lot more to it than I had originally thought. The two simple facts that I don't know what do I want in life and therefore am open to changes, and the fact that I know what benefits meditation brought me over the years, I'd like to ordain as a monk. Having more time and focus on the practice I already know is beneficial, at the cost of drastic lifestyle change, comfort and many other things. One of things that makes this easier is that I know that for all the things I have experienced, it always left me hungry for more or for something else. Knowing that I can't reach contentment in the usual way, money, possessions, fame, family, you name it. Then contemplation and making peace within is the only way to go. There's no real choice, I can either spend the rest of my life seeking for something meaningful and lasting, being unsatisfied no matter what I do, or to learn to understand where does all the irritation come from, why can't we just be happy, how come that monks who gave up everything seem so joyful, how come that people who have it all only want more, developing all sorts of mental issues along the way? Being casually contemplative made me see how horribly messed up the way we live actually is. Being more devoted made me see that there's another way to live. appendix: One more thing I believe is important, that I noticed: Every now and then it felt like time was speeding up. Old people always tell you that life goes faster as you grow older. And I had noticed it several times, as if I was in a speeding car and you change the gear and go even faster. But the more I try to be mindful and peaceful during the day, the more it feels like days get slower. I don't have the feeling that it's Friday again when it was just a little while ago. Days last much longer. Or that's my perception, at least. Also a good reason for maintaining a state of focus and mindfulness. So the life don't just whiz around before you can do anything.

@davidamigos.davidamigosnwa4522

4 жыл бұрын

Hrnek Bezucha awesome. Thanks.

@davidamigos.davidamigosnwa4522

4 жыл бұрын

nasd i have been on and off for about 7-10 years. I think I have reached samadhi. Things are slomo and more clear. The chat in my mind has alp most stopped and it does not control me anymore. Give it a go. Be consistent and trust the process. The outcome It’s priceless.

Happy birthday, Shinzen 🎉🥳🌈🙏 Your videos shaped my entry into meditation and I still draw inspiration from you. Also just realised today that you’re the literal human incarnation of Master Splinter ;)

Happy Birthday, dear Shinzen. May you be safe and happy always

Happy Birthday Dr. Young! Thank you for your kind and patient instruction! :)

You are so wise very helpful

Happy birthday 🎂 🙏🏽💪🏾

Happy birthday Shinzen!!!

Happy birthday sir

looking back with fondness for the teachings and the life at CMC that many of us shared.....the 75th seems a good place for reflection....I have never put my name willingly on the web, so this will seem anonymous, but it is only about privacy.....and good luck with that....

Wouldn’t he have known about this?