Manifesting Wisdom

Being silently aware in the present moment allows prajna wisdom to manifest. Achieving tranquility in any and all situations requires practice, discipline, and attention. In order to tame our “monkey mind,” one that jumps from thought limb to thought limb, we must be diligent. Zen Master Seung Sahn referenced this by saying that “all human beings have different outside jobs – teacher, office professional, construction worker, doctor, lawyer etc., but everyone without exception has the same inside job, and that is finding our before thinking universal substance mind and entrusting it to serve as the foundation and fulcrum for all our actions.

By Zen Master Ji Haeng
Excerpt from Back To Basics