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I Only Teach Don't Know
I Only Teach Don't Know
Zen Master Seung SahnJanuary 16, 2023seung sahn, don't know
Teachings of Zen Master Man Gong (Part 1)
Teachings of Zen Master Man Gong (Part 1)
Kwan Um School of ZenJanuary 2, 2023man gong, true nature
How Do I Stop Getting Lost In My Thoughts?
How Do I Stop Getting Lost In My Thoughts?
Jason Quinn JDPSNDecember 12, 2022thinking, meditation
Karma - The Transformation Of Each Mind-Moment
Karma - The Transformation Of Each Mind-Moment
Zen Master Jok UmDecember 5, 2022karma, mind, moment
The Thirteenth Gate
The Thirteenth Gate

You actually become one with the whole universe. That doesn't have correct or incorrect, like or dislike. It’s already complete. 

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Tim Lerch JDPSNNovember 28, 2022kong-an, gates, everyday life
Keeping Our Center And Direction
Keeping Our Center And Direction
Kwan Um School of ZenNovember 14, 2022direction, center, emotions
The Most Important Thing In Human Life
The Most Important Thing In Human Life
Zen Master Dae BongNovember 7, 2022human, life
Seed of Compassion
Seed of Compassion
Zen Master Soeng HyangOctober 24, 2022compassion, enlightenment
What Is Non Thinking?
What Is Non Thinking?
Zen Master Ji HaengOctober 17, 2022thinking, non attachment
Rowing Our Wisdom Boat
Rowing Our Wisdom Boat
Tim Colohan JDPSNOctober 10, 2022wisdom, pain
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
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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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