{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Tuning Practice - November 25, 2025 - Dharma Talk","description":"In this talk, we explore one of the Buddha\u2019s most enduring teachings \u2014 the musician Sona and the image of practice as a stringed instrument. Too tight, the strings snap. Too loose, there\u2019s no sound. Somewhere between effort and ease, discipline and kindness, we find the middle way. Drawing on this metaphor, we look at how our lives constantly shift the tuning of our practice: relationships, work, fatigue, weather, emotions. Form helps, but it isn\u2019t the music itself. The music is the living activity of the cosmos flowing through the instrument of your life \u2014 and learning to hear it requires honesty, compassion, and continuous adjustment. If you\u2019d like to learn more about Zen training or the community behind these teachings, you can visit www.zenwest.ca. To support the teaching stream or access additional reflections, early releases, and behind-the-scenes practice notes, you\u2019re welcome to join me at www.patreon.com\/redmountainway. ","author_name":"Living Zen Podcast - Red Mountain Way","author_url":"http:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/20738\/site","html":"