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Dharma Talk with Jon at Cambridge Zen Center

audio, medium, Teachings, UncategorizedZen Master Seung SahnMarch 16, 1984
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audio, medium, Teachings, UncategorizedZen Master Soeng HyangFebruary 18, 1984Cambridge Zen Center, National Teacher, Open-heartedness
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It's our lazy mind that makes this idea of saving all people something difficult. We don't want to realize that we can do it and that it's right in front of us. As long as we think it's something far away that only special people can do, we don't take the responsibility for doing it. If you can completely be here right now and give energy to your practice, you can do it any time. Don't try to measure how long you will live or how big is the universe. It's completely impossible. When I was little I used to think there must be a wall somewhere with nothing on the other side. How could life and time be infinite? We don't understand where we're going and where we come from, and we don't need to. We just need [claps her hands] to hear that, then we know. So keep listening.—Zen Master Soeng Hyang #zen #bodhisattva #responsibility #listen #meditation (Photo by Kateřina Grofová.) **Join a live webinar with Zen Master Soeng Hyang on August 25, 2018. See our home page for more info: kwanumzen.org
"Formal practice, which is what we do twice a day in this room, is only a technique, albeit a very important one." Quote by Zen Master Wu Bong. #zen #meditation #wakeup #present #buddha #dailylife #everyday #dailypractice
"Attaining my true self simply means moment to moment I keep a correct situation, correct relationship, and correct function in this world. I function clearly in this universe to save all beings. So getting enlightenment and teaching other beings are not two things, because when you return to your mind before thinking arises, at that point, everything completely becomes one. At that point, how could you not help all beings? Your correct situation, correct relationship, and correct function appear clearly in front of you. Helping other beings is enlightenment's correct job—it is really not all that special. This is the true purpose of Buddhism."—Zen Master Seung Sahn #zen #trueself #correctfunction #enlightenment #becomeone #buddhism (Photo by Francis Lau.)
Zen Master Seung Sahn with Korean guests at Providence Zen Center, circa 1980's. #throwbackthursday #zmseungsahn #providencezencenter
"Originally, everything is very simple, very harmonious." Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #zen #harmony #suffering #meditation #trueself #worldisyours #zmseungsahn
There's a story about one guy who went to the psychotherapist claiming that he had a big problem, and that it had been lasting a couple years already. “I go to sleep every day, and I have the same dream at night: mice are playing soccer. It’s just a regular league! Each day, Warsaw mice are playing other mice, and it’s been like this for over a year. I don’t want to see this anymore. What should I do?” The doctor says, “It’s ok. It’s out of stress. I have these pills, here is a prescription. Swallow one in the evening and no more dreams." Then the guy says, “Can I please take it tomorrow? We have mice finals tonight! The end of the world cup!” This is how it is about our waking up. It’s very similar. We want to wake up, we know it’s a dream and it’s not so cool. But we want to see the finals! Or something in the dream continues to hold us back, and we wait. That’s why we stay in the dream. So stay attentive. If you cannot wake up, it means that you have something holding you back. You have to know what it is. Maybe a teacher can help you, but the best teacher is inside yourself. —Oleg Šuk JDPSN #zen #dream #wakeup #meditation
Our great grandteacher, Man Gong Sunim, was once asked, "Why don't more people practice Zen?" Quote by Zen Master Dae Bong. #zen #goodandbad #correctway #bodhisattvaway #meditation #desire
Zen Master Seung Sahn, year and place unknown. Early 1970's? #throwbackthursday #zmseungsahn
"Zen practice brings us back to the question, what am I going to do with this life?" Quote by Zen Master Bon Soeng. #zen #meditation #impermanence #lifemeaning

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