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The Way Out of Suffering Is Nearby
The Way Out of Suffering Is Nearby
Koen Vermeulen JDPSNOctober 5, 2026suffering, wisdom
Correct Direction: Finding Your Intention in Zen Practice
Correct Direction: Finding Your Intention in Zen Practice
Rebecca Otte JDPSNSeptember 28, 2026true self, intention
Why Do We Sit Zen
Why Do We Sit Zen
Zen Master Seung SahnSeptember 21, 2026sitting, Zen, everyday life
Why Your Mind Creates Reality (And How to Change It)
Why Your Mind Creates Reality (And How to Change It)
Zen Master Bon SoengSeptember 14, 2026mind, wisdom, freedom
The Real Teaching Begins After Enlightenment
The Real Teaching Begins After Enlightenment
Colin Beavan JDPSNSeptember 8, 2026
Practice Without Expectation
Practice Without Expectation
Zen Master Bon ShimAugust 31, 2026practice, expectation
Zen and the Great Bodhisattva Way
Zen and the Great Bodhisattva Way
Zen Master Seung SahnAugust 24, 2026Zen, suffering, bodhisattva
Waking Up from the Dream
Waking Up from the Dream
Oleg Šuk JDPSNAugust 17, 2026
Living in Don't Know: Responding to the Needs of the Moment
Living in Don't Know: Responding to the Needs of the Moment
Zen Master Bon SoengAugust 10, 2026don't know
"My Pain Is Very Expensive!"
"My Pain Is Very Expensive!"
Kwan Um School of ZenAugust 3, 2026seung sahn, pain, direction
Teachings of Zen Master Man Gong (Part 2)
Teachings of Zen Master Man Gong (Part 2)
Kwan Um School of ZenJuly 27, 2026man gong, true self
Don't Know = No Problem
Don't Know = No Problem
Zen Master Seung SahnJuly 20, 2026don't know, understanding
Teachings of Zen Master Man Gong (Part 1)
Teachings of Zen Master Man Gong (Part 1)
Kwan Um School of ZenJuly 6, 2026man gong, true nature
Trusting "Don't Know"
Trusting "Don't Know"
Rebecca Otte JDPSNJune 29, 2026
Just This: Discovering Your Buddha Nature
Just This: Discovering Your Buddha Nature
Zen Master Dae KwangJune 22, 2026buddha, buddha nature
What Is Strong Sitting?
What Is Strong Sitting?
Zen Master Seung SahnJune 15, 2026zen, sitting, thinking
What Is Our Motivation?
What Is Our Motivation?
Dyan Eagles JDPSNJune 8, 2026help this world, motivation, purpose
Four Circumstances For Practice
Four Circumstances For Practice
Zen Master Jok UmJune 1, 2026practice, cicumstances, everyday life
Four Seasons
Four Seasons
Zen Master Seung SahnMay 25, 2026seasons, poem
The True Job of Enlightenment | Beyond Silence and Solitude
The True Job of Enlightenment | Beyond Silence and Solitude
Barbara Pardo JDPSNMay 18, 2026enlightenment
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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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