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Obstacles
Obstacles
Kwan Um School of ZenSeptember 5, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes3
Suffering Is Our Habit
Suffering Is Our Habit
Igor Pininski JDPSNSeptember 4, 2018teachings
Which Style of Buddhism is the Best?
Which Style of Buddhism is the Best?
Zen Master Dae KwanSeptember 3, 2018buddhism, zen
The Base of Practice
The Base of Practice
Zen Master Bon SoengSeptember 1, 2018quotes, teachings, quotes3
This Is Zen
This Is Zen
Zen Master Seung SahnAugust 29, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes3
Clear Emotion
Clear Emotion
Zen Master Dae KwangAugust 28, 2018teachings
Beginning of the End
Beginning of the End
Zen Master Hae KwangAugust 25, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes3
The Only Really Important Thing
The Only Really Important Thing
Zen Master Dae BongAugust 24, 2018teachings
True Substance
True Substance
Zen Master Seung SahnAugust 22, 2018quotes, teachings, quotes3
Keep Listening
Keep Listening
Zen Master Soeng HyangAugust 21, 2018teachings
Formal Practice
Formal Practice
Zen Master Wu BongAugust 18, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes3
The True Purpose of Buddhism
The True Purpose of Buddhism
Zen Master Seung SahnAugust 17, 2018teachings
Very Simple
Very Simple
Zen Master Seung SahnAugust 15, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes1
Staying in the Dream
Staying in the Dream
Oleg Šuk JDPSNAugust 14, 2018teachings
True Practitioner
True Practitioner
Zen Master Dae KwanAugust 13, 2018practice, wisdom, tradition
Good Things and Bad Things
Good Things and Bad Things
Zen Master Dae BongAugust 11, 2018quotes, teachings
When, Not If
When, Not If
Zen Master Bon SoengAugust 8, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes1
True Meditation
True Meditation
Zen Master Seung SahnAugust 4, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes1
Direct Experience
Direct Experience
Zen Master Dae KwangAugust 1, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes1
This Universe Can Embrace Anything
This Universe Can Embrace Anything

The realm of Buddha is nothing but to wake up to here and now.

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Zen Master Dae KwanJuly 31, 2018teachings
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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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