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Interacting With This World
Interacting With This World
Zen Master Hae KwangSeptember 19, 2022help this world, bodhisattva
Healing The Wound Of Self
Healing The Wound Of Self
Zen Master Bon SoengSeptember 12, 2022letting go, true self
Authentic Experience Of Zen Mind
Authentic Experience Of Zen Mind
Zen Master Dae KwangAugust 22, 2022zen, mind, buddha nature
Buddha's Mind
Buddha's Mind
Zen Master Jok UmAugust 15, 2022buddha, mind
How To Use Zen Practice In Today's World?
How To Use Zen Practice In Today's World?
Zen Master Bon ShimAugust 1, 2022bodhisattva, direction
The Challenges Of The Mind Storm
The Challenges Of The Mind Storm
Tolo Cantarellas JDPSNJuly 18, 2022mind, just do it, thinking
Your Family Doesn't Like Buddhism
Your Family Doesn't Like Buddhism
Zen Master Su BongJune 27, 2022
Bodhisattva Vow
Bodhisattva Vow
Zen Master Soeng HyangJune 20, 2022bodhisattva, vow
Zen Is Everyday Life
Zen Is Everyday Life
Jason Quinn JDPSNJune 6, 2022
Inner Peace
Inner Peace
Zen Master Bon HaeMay 31, 2022
Manifesting Great Love
Manifesting Great Love
Zen Master Hye MunMay 16, 2022great love, bodhisattva, don't know
This Moment Is Already Complete
This Moment Is Already Complete
Nancy Brown Hedgpeth JDPSNMay 9, 2022
No Escape From Suffering
No Escape From Suffering
Zen Master Bon SoengApril 4, 2022suffering
The Fight Within
The Fight Within
Myong Hae Sunim JDPSMarch 28, 2022correct function, emotions
Breaking Free
Breaking Free
Zen Master Jok UmMarch 14, 2022compassion
Seed Of Compassion And Wisdom
Seed Of Compassion And Wisdom
Zen Master Bon HaeMarch 7, 2022wisdom, compassion
Controlling Our Karma
Controlling Our Karma
Andrzej Stec JDPSNFebruary 21, 2022karma, habits
Great Love And Great Compassion Mind
Great Love And Great Compassion Mind
Zen Master Seung SahnFebruary 7, 2022great love, compassion
You And This World Are Never Separate
You And This World Are Never Separate
Zen Master Su BongJanuary 31, 2022emptiness, clear mind
Transcending The Ocean Of Suffering
Transcending The Ocean Of Suffering
Koen Vermeulen JDPSNJanuary 24, 2022suffering, wisdom, bodhisattva
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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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