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The Wisdom Of This Moment
The Wisdom Of This Moment
Zen Master Bon SoengFebruary 1, 2021wisdom, moment
Direction In Your Practice
Direction In Your Practice
Zen Master Tan WolJanuary 11, 2021
2021 Will Welcome You
2021 Will Welcome You
Zen Master Soeng HyangJanuary 1, 2021teachings
New Year Poem
New Year Poem
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 28, 2020new year
Departure Poem for Myong Hae Sunim JDPS
Departure Poem for Myong Hae Sunim JDPS
Zen Master Dae KwanDecember 21, 2020Myong Hae
Transcending The Ocean Of Suffering
Transcending The Ocean Of Suffering
Koen Vermeulen JDPSNNovember 30, 2020suffering, wisdom
Before Buddha Saw The Morning Star
Before Buddha Saw The Morning Star
Zen Master Jok UmNovember 2, 2020buddha, enlightenment
How Do You Practice?
How Do You Practice?
Zen Master Bon HaeOctober 26, 2020
Desire for Fame
Desire for Fame
Zen Master Joeng HyeOctober 19, 2020fame, bodhisattva
Keeping Your Center In A Turbulent World
Keeping Your Center In A Turbulent World
Zen Master Ji HaengOctober 12, 2020center
Waking Up from the Dream
Waking Up from the Dream
Oleg Šuk JDPSNSeptember 14, 2020dream, wake up
Exploding Name And Form
Exploding Name And Form
Zen Master Bon SoengSeptember 7, 2020
Old Age, Sickness, and Death
Old Age, Sickness, and Death
Zen Master Dae KwangAugust 31, 2020great question, purpose
Fight Between Two Wolves
Fight Between Two Wolves
Myong Hae Sunim JDPSAugust 3, 2020attachment, wolf
Outside Things
Outside Things
Zen Master Seung SahnJuly 31, 2020teachings
Clear Karma
Clear Karma
Zen Master Seung SahnJuly 20, 2020karma
Zen Master Bon Yeon on Reincarnation
Zen Master Bon Yeon on Reincarnation
Zen Master Bon YeonJuly 13, 2020reincarnation
A Revolutionary Act
A Revolutionary Act
Zen Master Bon SoengJune 24, 2020teachings, quotes, quotes8
Nothing Marks a Buddha
Nothing Marks a Buddha
Zen Master Dae KwangJune 24, 2020teachings
The Teachings of Zen Master Man Gong Part 4
The Teachings of Zen Master Man Gong Part 4
Kwan Um School of ZenJune 22, 2020man gong
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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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