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The Gift Within Life’s Difficulties
The Gift Within Life’s Difficulties

What is this life and death business? What is my job in this life? What is suffering, and what is this that suffers? What is this I? What is other than I?

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Nancy Brown Hedgpeth JDPSNApril 28, 2025suffering, great question
Two Kinds of Religion
Two Kinds of Religion
Zen Master Dae BongApril 21, 2025religion, bodhisattva
You Already Have Enlightenment
You Already Have Enlightenment
Zen Master Seung SahnApril 14, 2025enlightenment, desire
How To Deal With Very Strong Emotions?
How To Deal With Very Strong Emotions?
Zen Master Gu JaApril 7, 2025
Returning to the Moment: Embracing Presence Through Practice
Returning to the Moment: Embracing Presence Through Practice
Zen Master Bon ShimMarch 31, 2025thinking, don't know, suffering
Beyond Answers: Embracing “Don’t Know” to Know Yourself
Beyond Answers: Embracing “Don’t Know” to Know Yourself
Andrzej Stec JDPSNMarch 24, 2025don't know, self
Mind Revolution: Transforming Your Relationship with Desire
Mind Revolution: Transforming Your Relationship with Desire
Zen Master Dae BongMarch 17, 2025mind, desire
What Am I? - Uncovering Life’s Purpose
What Am I? - Uncovering Life’s Purpose
Zen Master Seung SahnMarch 10, 2025human, vow, purpose, bodhisattva
The Gift of This Moment: Embracing The Practice
The Gift of This Moment: Embracing The Practice
Zen Master Soeng HyangMarch 3, 2025moment, liberation
Cutting Through Delusions: The Path of Zen Practice
Cutting Through Delusions: The Path of Zen Practice
Kwan Haeng Sunim JDPSFebruary 24, 2025bliss, vow
What Is Clear Mind?
What Is Clear Mind?
Zen Master Seung SahnFebruary 17, 2025clear mind, thinking
The Path to Enlightenment: Letting Go of Everything
The Path to Enlightenment: Letting Go of Everything
Zen Master Bon ShimFebruary 10, 2025enlightenment, letting go
Zen And The Art Of Listening
Zen And The Art Of Listening
Zen Master Bon SoengFebruary 3, 2025listening
Everything Becomes Buddha
Everything Becomes Buddha
Zen Master Gu JaJanuary 27, 2025thought, buddha
Embracing the Moment: No Life, No Death
Embracing the Moment: No Life, No Death
Zen Master Tan GongJanuary 20, 2025Zen, life, death
Practicing With "What Am I?"
Practicing With "What Am I?"
Zen Master Seung SahnJanuary 13, 2025great question
What Is The Middle Way?
What Is The Middle Way?
Zen Master Bon HaeJanuary 6, 2025middle way
New Year Poem
New Year Poem
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 30, 2024poem, new year
The Wave Of Together Action
The Wave Of Together Action
Zen Master Joeng HyeDecember 17, 2024together action, practice
Loving-Kindness Of The Bodhisattva
Loving-Kindness Of The Bodhisattva
Zen Master Gu JaDecember 9, 2024love, kindness, bodhisattva
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"When this body disappears, what will you take with you?" Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn #zen #impermanence humanlife #birthanddeath #dontknow #humanbeing #zmseungsahn #buddhism #kwanumzen
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"Your mind is like the sea. When the wind comes, there are very big waves. When the wind dies down, the waves become smaller and smaller, until finally the wind disappears altogether and the sea is like a clear mirror. Then mountains, trees and
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