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"Human beings are always looking outside for the solution, when it is actually already inside themselves, if they would just look." Quote by Zen Master Dae Kwang. #Buddhism #Zen #BuddhaNature #noteaching #solutionisinside
This world is already complete before anything can be said about it. Then why do we have sutras and dharma talk and articles, such as the one you are reading now? It is only because we forget that we are already complete that we have all these words. Dharma talks and kong-ans and poems and sutras and explications of sutras and poems are all only reminders. If we attach to all these words and sentences we are lost, as these lines from one of Mu Mun's poems reminds us: One who holds onto words is dead, One who attaches to sentences is lost. But if we let these words remind us of our original nature, the completeness of our mind before thoughts and words arise in it, if we perceive what these words are pointing to then let them go, even these words and sentences can help us fulfill our great vows to wake up from our dreams and help this world. —Zen Master Hae Kwang #zen #meditation #sutras #dharma #originalnature #alreadycomplete (Photo by Myong Hae Sunim JDPS.)
"Strong sitting means not checking your mind and feelings." Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #meditation #zen #feelings #thinking
Zen Master Seung Sahn, 1970's. #throwbackthursday #kwanumzen
"Good and bad do not matter." Quote by Zen Master Kyong Ho. #goodandbad #buddhism #zen
Nobody guarantees our life. So if there is anything that you think may be useful, just now is the time to use it. In our life, past mind cannot be attained. Present mind cannot be attained. If you say “present,” it is already not present, already gone. If you lose this moment, you can never regain it. We follow Buddha’s example. Buddha means awakened. If you are going to awaken, tomorrow is too late. One hour from now is also too late. Even one second from now is too late. Just this moment, wake up. I hope each of you will make correct practice in your life and attain this wake-up. Then one more step is most important: use this wake-up to help all beings. —Zen Master Wu Bong #wakeup #buddha #zen #meditation #enlightenment (Photo by Barry Briggs JDPSN.)
"The thought itself is Buddha." Quote by Zen Master Gu Ja. #Buddha #meditation #dontknow #zen
Zen Master Seung Sahn with American students, 1970's. Stephen Mitchell (editor of Dropping Ashes on the Buddha) on the right. #throwbackthursday #zmseungsahn #kwanumzen
"We are all like rocks." Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #practice #bodhisattva #meditation

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