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Life Has No Meaning
Life Has No Meaning
Zen Master Seung SahnOctober 30, 2023meaning, reason, vow
Why Do "I Want," And For Whom?
Why Do "I Want," And For Whom?
Zen Master Wu KwangOctober 23, 2023desire, vow
Enlightenment Means Just Do It
Enlightenment Means Just Do It
Zen Master Gu JaOctober 16, 2023enlightenment, just do it
Zen Master Seung Sahn Brings Zen To The West
Zen Master Seung Sahn Brings Zen To The West
Zen Master Seung SahnOctober 9, 2023seung sahn
I Have No Time To Practice
I Have No Time To Practice
Zen Master Su BongOctober 2, 2023busy, practice, family
What is Primary Point?
What is Primary Point?
Zen Master Seung SahnSeptember 25, 2023primary point
Great Faith, Great Courage, Great Doubt
Great Faith, Great Courage, Great Doubt
Zen Master Bon HaeSeptember 18, 2023great faith, great courage, great doubt
When The Ten Thousand Things Come At You
When The Ten Thousand Things Come At You
Zen Master Hye MunSeptember 11, 2023don't know, primary point
Why Practice Meditation?
Why Practice Meditation?
Marshall White JDPSNSeptember 4, 2023meditation, direction
Four Seasons
Four Seasons
Zen Master Seung SahnAugust 28, 2023seasons, poem
Is Sitting Zen Selfish?
Is Sitting Zen Selfish?
Jason Quinn JDPSNAugust 21, 2023true self, self, direction
Listen To Cries Of The Universe
Listen To Cries Of The Universe
Zen Master Soeng HyangAugust 14, 2023strength, compassion
Liberation In Zen Practice
Liberation In Zen Practice
Tim Colohan JDPSNAugust 7, 2023liberation, karma
Freedom From Family Karma
Freedom From Family Karma
Zen Master Seung SahnJuly 26, 2023family, karma
Mind-Sitting
Mind-Sitting
Andrzej Stec JDPSNJuly 25, 2023mind, don't know, meditation
Practice Without Expectation
Practice Without Expectation
Zen Master Bon ShimJuly 17, 2023practice, expectation
Where Zen Practice Begins
Where Zen Practice Begins
Zen Master Seung SahnJuly 10, 2023true nature, seung sahn, philosophy
This Living Universe Is You
This Living Universe Is You
Zen Master Bon SoengJuly 3, 2023don't know, true self
My Pain Is Very Expensive
My Pain Is Very Expensive
Kwan Um School of ZenJune 26, 2023seung sahn, pain, direction
Don't Know Compass
Don't Know Compass
Zen Master Seung SahnJune 19, 2023seung sahn, compass, don't know
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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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