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Ground yourself and start your practice.

• What is Zen Buddhism?
• Key Zen and Buddhist sutras
• The Buddha’s guide to breath meditation
• The Buddha’s guide to mindfulness

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Different ways to live with dark thoughts

How Zen Buddhism has helped me with depression.

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The next five

• “More” is a trap ✶ It blows my mind how often I respond to my feelings by buying things.
• Embrace your daemon, find your genius ✶ You can rebel.
• What flavour of freedom do you want? ✶ Don’t let someone else decide for you.
• Your preferences will get in the way of your happiness ✶ The things you want aren’t the things you need.
• Don’t accept a more comfortable way of suffering ✶ You can’t fix a problem using tools provided by the problem.
• Don’t listen to the voice in your head ✶ Your internal monologue would be a bad friend. Ditch them.

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Who am I?

I’m Cory Zanoni: writer, sketcher, and sometimes teacher in Naarm, Australia.

DIY ZEN is about the philosophies, techniques and ways of living that have help me manage depression and build a life I love. I hope you find it helpful.