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This "I" Does Not Exist
This "I" Does Not Exist
Zen Master Seung SahnOctober 10, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes8
Crossroads
Crossroads
Igor Pininski JDPSNOctober 9, 2019teachings
Kill The Buddha
Kill The Buddha
Zen Master Bon SoengOctober 7, 2019buddha
Bearing the Unbearable
Bearing the Unbearable
Zen Master Jok UmOctober 4, 2019teachings
Throw Away All Ideas
Throw Away All Ideas
Zen Master Bon SoengOctober 3, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes8
Make Your Life Yours
Make Your Life Yours
Zen Master Dae KwangSeptember 27, 2019teachings
Confront Our Limitations
Confront Our Limitations
Zen Master Wu BongSeptember 26, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes8
What Can You Carry With You?
What Can You Carry With You?
Zen Master Seung SahnSeptember 20, 2019teachings
No Wisdom
No Wisdom
Zen Master Seung SahnSeptember 19, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes8
"I completely conquered anger."
"I completely conquered anger."
Zen Master Wu KwangSeptember 18, 2019teachings
Inside and Outside Work
Inside and Outside Work
Zen Master Wu BongSeptember 16, 2019
Enough Mind
Enough Mind
Zen Master Bon SoengSeptember 13, 2019teachings
The Best Thing
The Best Thing
Zen Master Bon HaeSeptember 12, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes8
Responding Spontaneously
Responding Spontaneously
Zen Master Bon HaengSeptember 10, 2019quotes, teachings, quotes8
Fear and Sadness
Fear and Sadness
Zen Master Soeng HyangSeptember 6, 2019teachings
Truth
Truth
Zen Master Su BongSeptember 5, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes8
Moment-Mind
Moment-Mind
Zen Master Seung SahnAugust 30, 2019teachings
In Front of You
In Front of You
Zen Master Seung SahnAugust 29, 2019teachings, quotes, quotes8
Middle Path
Middle Path
Zen Master Dae KwanAugust 26, 2019middle way, freedom
Have a Mind Revolution
Have a Mind Revolution
Zen Master Dae BongAugust 23, 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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