Kwan Um School of Zen
Home
Our Organization Our Teachers Zen Centers Regions Programs & Events Contact Us News
About Zen Meditation
All Resources Teaching Library Primary Point Publications Teaching Blog
Membership Precepts Volunteer Donate Online Practice
Home About Us Our Organization Our Teachers Zen Centers Regions Programs & Events Contact Us News Get Started About Zen Meditation Resources All Resources Teaching Library Primary Point Publications Teaching Blog Join Membership Precepts Volunteer Donate Online Practice
Kwan Um School of Zen
 

Teaching Blog

 
RoofBellMoon.jpg
Let Your Intuition Give You An Answer
Let Your Intuition Give You An Answer
Kwan Haeng Sunim JDPSSeptember 27, 2021bowing, intuition
The Doorway To Wisdom
The Doorway To Wisdom
Zen Master Bon SoengSeptember 7, 2021wisdom, emotions
The School Of Don't Know
The School Of Don't Know
Zen Master Hyon JaAugust 9, 2021don't know
Practice, Intuition, and Diligent Effort
Practice, Intuition, and Diligent Effort
Zen Master Jok UmJuly 5, 2021
Commitment To Practice
Commitment To Practice
AdminJune 28, 2021sitting, practice
Breaking Out Of Our Prison
Breaking Out Of Our Prison
Zen Master Bon SoengJune 8, 2021retreats, zen
Using Your Karma
Using Your Karma
Zen Master Bon YeonMarch 1, 2021karma
The Eightfold Path of Zen
The Eightfold Path of Zen
Kwan Um School of ZenFebruary 12, 2021teachings
The Wisdom Of This Moment
The Wisdom Of This Moment
Zen Master Bon SoengFebruary 1, 2021wisdom, moment
Departure Poem for Myong Hae Sunim JDPS
Departure Poem for Myong Hae Sunim JDPS
Zen Master Dae KwanDecember 21, 2020Myong Hae
Before Buddha Saw The Morning Star
Before Buddha Saw The Morning Star
Zen Master Jok UmNovember 2, 2020buddha, enlightenment
Waking Up from the Dream
Waking Up from the Dream
Oleg Šuk JDPSNSeptember 14, 2020dream, wake up
Exploding Name And Form
Exploding Name And Form
Zen Master Bon SoengSeptember 7, 2020
Zen Master Bon Yeon on Reincarnation
Zen Master Bon Yeon on Reincarnation
Zen Master Bon YeonJuly 13, 2020reincarnation
A Revolutionary Act
A Revolutionary Act
Zen Master Bon SoengJune 24, 2020teachings, quotes, quotes8
Move Into Life
Move Into Life
Zen Master Soeng HyangJune 11, 2020quotes, quotes8, teachings
What Practice Helps My Daily Life?
What Practice Helps My Daily Life?
Zen Master Bon ShimJune 8, 2020
Subtle
Subtle
Tim Lerch JDPSNJune 4, 2020teachings, quotes, quotes8
Worldly Knowledge
Worldly Knowledge
Kwan Um School of ZenMay 21, 2020teachings, quotes, quotes8
Turning Experience Into Helping Others
Turning Experience Into Helping Others
Zen Master Bon YeonMay 4, 2020suffering, help this world
Newer Older
Donate
No results found
Our Events
Programs & Events Retreats Whole World Is a Single Flower Conference International Calendar
Get Started
About Zen Sitting Meditation How to Practice Sitting Meditation Kong-An Practice
Links & Resources
All Resources Find a Center Regions Primary Point Archive Introduction to Meditation Publications History Contact Us Chanting Resources News
Policies
Ethics Policy Privacy Policy
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

follow us @kwanumzen

©2022 Kwan Um School of Zen | All Rights Reserved

Website Design by Sarah Moon + Co