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No Safe Haven
No Safe Haven
Zen Master Ji HaengJanuary 15, 2020teachings
Children Are Our Paramita Teachers
Children Are Our Paramita Teachers
Zen Master Jok UmJanuary 13, 2020children, paramita, teachers
Right Speech
Right Speech
Zen Master Seung SahnJanuary 10, 2020teachings
A Door to Liberation
A Door to Liberation
Zen Master Bon ShimJanuary 9, 2020teachings, quotes, quotes8
Desire and I, My, Me
Desire and I, My, Me
Zen Master Bon YeonJanuary 6, 2020desire, ego
Authentic
Authentic
Kwan Um School of ZenJanuary 2, 2020teachings, quotes, quotes8
Mind Light
Mind Light
Zen Master Seung SahnJanuary 1, 2020teachings
New Year Poem
New Year Poem
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 30, 2019new year, poem
Carrying Nothing
Carrying Nothing
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 27, 2019teachings
This Simple Practice
This Simple Practice
Zen Master Bon SoengDecember 26, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes8
Good Situation or Bad Situation?
Good Situation or Bad Situation?
Kwan Um School of ZenDecember 23, 2019truth, farmer
Wrong
Wrong
Zen Master Bon HaeDecember 20, 2019teachings
One Mind
One Mind
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 19, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes8
Zen Meditation
Zen Meditation
Zen Master Wu KwangDecember 16, 2019Zen, everyday life
Heat Up the Heart
Heat Up the Heart
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 13, 2019teachings
Be Naked With It
Be Naked With It
Zen Master Soeng HyangDecember 12, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes8
Always Shining
Always Shining
Zen Master Dae KwangDecember 6, 2019teachings
Reputation
Reputation
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 5, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes8
Correct Way, Truth, and Life
Correct Way, Truth, and Life
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 2, 2019Zen, truth, correct way, life
A Glorious and Marvelous Feat
A Glorious and Marvelous Feat
Zen Master Soeng HyangNovember 29, 2019teachings
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Question: In many families now, both parents have to work. They also have children and social responsibilities. How can the parents make a living, raise a family and still have time to practice? Zen Master Seung Sahn: If you have children and both pa
"Dry cognition cannot help your life." Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #zen #clearmind #dharma #sutras #zmseungsahn #kwanumzen
When you look closely, this world is like a huge insane asylum. Everyone creates his or her own prison. We double- and triple-lock ourselves in and cry out for freedom. As soon as we create ideas and concepts of freedom, we become unfree. In the mome
"Practice is not only what we do in the meditation room." Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #zen #meditation #moment #trymind #simple #zmseungsahn #kwanumzen
"Everything comes from where?" Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #zen #kwanumzen #zmseungsahn
When you see the sky, only blue. When you see the tree, just green. When you see the wall, only white. When you see the floor during meditation time, eyes half open and only meditating, only brown. That name is "seeing something, mind is clear.&
"The Buddha gave all kinds of teaching, and he said that he taught that way to save all different kinds of minds." Quote by Zen Master Soeng Hyang #zen #buddha #mind #dontknow #kongan #engage #kwanumzen
In Buddhism, faith has nothing to do with anything outside of ourselves. It does not necessarily have to do with something supernatural or esoteric. In a sense, it's faith in our own true nature. It's faith in a sense that I can be willing to let go
Join us for an Online Meditation Retreat on July 24–25! The retreat will be led by Nancy Hedgpeth JDPSN, Andrzej Stec JDPSN and Arne Schaefer JDPSN and will include 1:1 kong-an interviews. This will be a 24 hour continuous retreat, but you may

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