Karen Maezen Miller is a Zen Buddhist priest and meditation teacher at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles, California. She is the author of Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life (New World Library 2010).
Topics explored in this dialogue:
Why doing things you don't like to do makes for a much more interesting life
What is the single most important characteristic of love
Why your comfort zone often feels so small and narrow
Why meditation is like learning to ride a horse
How you may be addicted to fear
Why you can't possibly find enough time—and why you don't need to
