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Suffering Requires a Response
Suffering Requires a Response
Zen Master Dae KwangAugust 22, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes8
Your Original Face
Your Original Face
Zen Master Seung SahnAugust 15, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes8
Created by Mind Alone
Created by Mind Alone
Zen Master Wu KwangAugust 8, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes8
The School Of Don't Know
The School Of Don't Know
Zen Master Hyon JaAugust 5, 2019don't know
Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell
Zen Master Bon SoengAugust 1, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes8
Enough-Mind
Enough-Mind
Zen Master Seung SahnJuly 25, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Silence Is Better Than Holiness
Silence Is Better Than Holiness
Zen Master Seung SahnJuly 18, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Karma Disappeared
Karma Disappeared
Zen Master Su BongJuly 16, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
The True Body of the Buddha
The True Body of the Buddha
Kwan Um School of ZenJuly 11, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Buddhism Is Not Going to Help You
Buddhism Is Not Going to Help You
Zen Master Dae KwangJuly 6, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Don't Touch the Hook
Don't Touch the Hook
Zen Master Seung SahnJuly 4, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
The Beginning and the End of Practice
The Beginning and the End of Practice
Zen Master Seung SahnJuly 2, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Community
Community
Zen Master Wu KwangJune 29, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Clear Mind
Clear Mind
Zen Master Seung SahnJune 27, 2019teachings, quotes7
Your Original Job
Your Original Job
Zen Master Seung SahnJune 25, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Self Improvement
Self Improvement
Zen Master Bon SoengJune 22, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Zen Revolution
Zen Revolution
Zen Master Seung SahnJune 21, 2019teachings
You Can Do It Any Time
You Can Do It Any Time
Zen Master Soeng HyangJune 20, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Keen-Eyed Teacher
Keen-Eyed Teacher
Zen Master Seung SahnJune 18, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
Obstacles
Obstacles
Kwan Um School of ZenJune 15, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes7
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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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