{"id":2818,"date":"2014-12-31T08:09:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T14:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/?p=2818"},"modified":"2014-12-31T08:09:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T14:09:19","slug":"happy-new-year-and-may-all-conditions-be-favorable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2014\/12\/happy-new-year-and-may-all-conditions-be-favorable.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year and May All Conditions Be Favorable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Back Cove at low tide, Portland, ME, photo by Low Tide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

May all conditions be favorable!<\/p>\n

So ends our dedication at the end of \u201cWake-The-Heck-Up Morning Zazen\u201d<\/a> and the recitation of the Heart Sutra<\/em>. The full last passage goes like this:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe pray for the flourishing of the true dharma<\/a>, harmony among all nations, earth-sustaining human actions, tranquility within the sangha, and that all conditions may be favorable.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is my prayer for the New Year.<\/p>\n

What? You might ask. Pray for all conditions to be favorable when we know darn well that they won\u2019t be?<\/p>\n

Yes. On the one hand, this is the spirit of our bodhisattva practice \u2013 to dream the impossible dream. And on the other hand, this \u201cfavorable\u201d is the favorable that\u2019s beyond the favorable and unfavorable.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to hear more about this, click here for the iTunes podcast<\/a> (or here for the talk at the Great Tides Zen <\/a>website) of the recent talk I gave on this theme.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to be involved in the study of the favorable beyond favorable and unfavorable, you are welcome to join the Vine of Obstacles: Online Support for Zen Training.<\/p>\n

Happy new year and may all conditions be favorable!<\/p>\n

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