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Independence
Independence
Zen Master Su BongJanuary 2, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes4
New Year Poem
New Year Poem
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 31, 2018new year, seung sahn
Pointing Directly to Mind
Pointing Directly to Mind
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 29, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes4
The Key to Zen Practice
The Key to Zen Practice
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 28, 2018teachings
Together Action Wave
Together Action Wave
Zen Master Joeng HyeDecember 27, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes4
Our Practice and Our Job
Our Practice and Our Job
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 26, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes4
A Dream Is a Dream
A Dream Is a Dream
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 21, 2018teachings
Authentic
Authentic
Zen Master Bon SoengDecember 19, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes4
You Make Your Karma
You Make Your Karma
SK Teoh JDPSNDecember 18, 2018teachings
Before Thinking
Before Thinking
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 15, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes4
No Faith
No Faith
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 14, 2018teachings
Mind Revolution
Mind Revolution
Zen Master Dae BongDecember 13, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes4
Sometimes More Suffering Is Necessary
Sometimes More Suffering Is Necessary
Zen Master Soeng HyangDecember 12, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes4
Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell
Kwan Um School of ZenDecember 10, 2018
Karma Is Thinking
Karma Is Thinking
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 7, 2018teachings
Don't Be Distracted by Inner Peace
Don't Be Distracted by Inner Peace
Zen Master Bon HaeDecember 6, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes4
See Buddha
See Buddha
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 5, 2018quotes, teachings, quotes4
Disclose Yourself
Disclose Yourself
Zen Master Wu KwangDecember 4, 2018teachings
Together Action is Important
Together Action is Important
Zen Master Seung SahnDecember 3, 2018correct function, together action
Wake Up, Just Now
Wake Up, Just Now
Zen Master Dae KwangDecember 1, 2018teachings, quotes, quotes4
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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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