Making your center steady
Our practice is based on finding your center and making your center steady. Sometimes we say, „make your center strong.”
The benefit of the Sangha (Community)
Here is one more story alluding to the benefit of Sangha. A monk was going to do a ten-year solo retreat in a cave high up in the mountains. As he passed through the plain and foothills below the mountain he met a farmer who asked him where he was going.