# Best of Zen Mind: Pause for the Pause

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Podcast: [Zen Mind](https://stenobird.com/podcast/zen-mind-898115)
Published: 2025-10-30T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

While Zenki Roshi is teaching the Fall Practice Course 'Developing Embodiment' at the Boulder Zen Center, we are re-airing three dharma talks that address fundamental topics and practices related to embodiment. The first one is "Pause for the Pause" which was originally published on June 27, 2024. This talk was given as part of a Weekend Sitting. It highlights the distinction between the contents of mind and the field of mind. Dogen encouraged his students "to be continuously intimate with t...

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