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Obstacles
Obstacles
Kwan Um School of ZenJune 15, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Zen Does Not Have the Answer
Zen Does Not Have the Answer
Zen Master Dae KwangJune 14, 2019teachings
Same Root
Same Root
Zen Master Seung SahnJune 13, 2019teachings, quotes7, quotes
Don't Be Afraid of Your Sickness
Don't Be Afraid of Your Sickness
Zen Master Seung SahnJune 11, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Abandoning I, My, Me
Abandoning I, My, Me
Zen Master Ji HaengJune 10, 2019bodhisattva, vow
Truth Is Unmoving
Truth Is Unmoving
Zen Master Seung SahnJune 8, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
A Tremendous Gift
A Tremendous Gift
Zen Master Dae BongJune 7, 2019teachings
All Things Are Questions
All Things Are Questions
Zen Master Seung SahnJune 6, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Become Buddha
Become Buddha
Zen Master Wu BongJune 4, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Cut Off All Thinking
Cut Off All Thinking
Zen Master Bon SoengJune 3, 2019thinking, don't know, clear mind
How Do We Live Our Life?
How Do We Live Our Life?
Zen Master Bon SoengJune 1, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
It Is So Close to Us
It Is So Close to Us
Zen Master Bon ShimMay 31, 2019teachings
No Such Thing
No Such Thing
Zen Master Bon YeonMay 30, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
What Is the True Me?
What Is the True Me?
Zen Master Seung SahnMay 29, 2019teachings
This Is Sitting
This Is Sitting
Zen Master Seung SahnMay 28, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Very Simple
Very Simple
Zen Master Seung SahnMay 25, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Already Truth
Already Truth
Zen Master Seung SahnMay 24, 2019teachings
Wide View
Wide View
Zen Master Seung SahnMay 23, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
True Nature
True Nature
Kwan Um School of ZenMay 22, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
"You can hit my body but you cannot hit my mind."
"You can hit my body but you cannot hit my mind."
Kwan Um School of ZenMay 21, 2019teachings
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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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