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Not Only for Me: The True Direction of Practice
Not Only for Me: The True Direction of Practice
Zen Master Wu BongFebruary 23, 2026direction, helping
When Every Thought Is Buddha
When Every Thought Is Buddha
Zen Master Gu JaFebruary 16, 2026thought, buddha, don't know
Freedom from Family Karma: From Emotion to Great Love
Freedom from Family Karma: From Emotion to Great Love
Zen Master Seung SahnFebruary 9, 2026family, karma
When You Don't Know What To Do
When You Don't Know What To Do
Zen Master Bon SoengFebruary 2, 2026don't know, compassion
The Bodhisattva Vow
The Bodhisattva Vow
Zen Master Soeng HyangJanuary 26, 2026bodhisattva, vow
Why You Can’t Fix Your Life by Fixing Your Thoughts
Why You Can’t Fix Your Life by Fixing Your Thoughts
Zen Master Su BongJanuary 19, 2026emptiness, correct relationship
Just Now Is the Only Time
Just Now Is the Only Time
Zen Master Wu BongJanuary 12, 2026buddha, wake up
This Moment Is the Practice
This Moment Is the Practice
Zen Master Bon HaeDecember 29, 2025peace, delusion, community
Before Thinking: Where Zen Practice Begins
Before Thinking: Where Zen Practice Begins
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 22, 2025true nature, seung sahn, philosophy
Your Suffering Is the Bodhisattva Way
Your Suffering Is the Bodhisattva Way
Zen Master Dae BongDecember 15, 2025
One More Step Beyond Life and Death
One More Step Beyond Life and Death
Zen Master Dae KwanDecember 8, 2025life, death, freedom
Your True Compass Is Don’t-Know
Your True Compass Is Don’t-Know
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 1, 2025seung sahn, compass, don't know
The Human Dilemma and the Way Out
The Human Dilemma and the Way Out
Zen Master Ji HaengNovember 25, 2025wisdom
The Side of Suffering: Finding Our True Direction
The Side of Suffering: Finding Our True Direction
Jan Sendzimir JDPSNNovember 17, 2025suffering, compassion
This Moment: How Can I Be of Service?
This Moment: How Can I Be of Service?
Zen Master Bon HaengNovember 10, 2025bodhisattva, practice
What It Means to Keep a Not-Moving Mind
What It Means to Keep a Not-Moving Mind
Zen Master Seung SahnNovember 3, 2025seung sahn, effort, wisdom
The Purpose Of The Temple Rules
The Purpose Of The Temple Rules
Kathy Park JDPSNOctober 27, 2025Pai Chang, temple rules
Change Your Habits, Change Your Karma
Change Your Habits, Change Your Karma
Andrzej Stec JDPSNOctober 20, 2025karma, habits
Mind Itself Is the Place of Practice
Mind Itself Is the Place of Practice
Zen Master Wu KwangOctober 13, 2025mind, practice
Perceiving Universal Sound
Perceiving Universal Sound
Zen Master Seung SahnOctober 6, 2025chanting, sound
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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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