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Dharma Talk with Isabel D'Avila at Providence Zen Center

audio, medium, Teachings, UncategorizedZen Master Dae KwangNovember 21, 2006
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audio, medium, Teachings, UncategorizedZen Master Dae KwanOctober 24, 2006
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"In the great work of life and death, time will not wait for you." Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #zen #lifeanddeath #buddha #meditation #sutras #zmseungsahn #kwanumzen
Our pure original nature... is always functioning, all the time. If you attain this original nature, then it is possible to change your karma. But the only way to do this is through having a strong practice. This cannot be emphasized enough. You must perceive that karma is thinking: it is completely empty. It has no self-nature. You can perceive this yourself as your practice becomes stronger and clearer. In the meantime, simply don't make good or bad and this will soon become clear to you. At that point, what is your original face, your original substance? Nobody can give this to you, this is something you can attain only through the practice of meditation.—Zen Master Seung Sahn (Photo by Michael Schutzler.) #zen #karma #meditation #originalnature #zmseungsahn #kwanumzen
Zen Master Seung Sahn teaching in Poland, late 1980's. Mu Sang Sunim on his right, Zen Master Wu Bong on his left. #throwbackthursday #zmseungsahn #kwanumzen
"Don't be distracted by inner peace." Quote by Zen Master Bon Hae. #zen #innerpeace #seeclearly #meditation #community #kwanumzen
"If you want to see Buddha, Buddha has already disappeared." Quote by Zen Master Seung Sahn. #zen #buddha #seeclearly #hearclearly #everythingisbuddha #neverseparate #alreadycomplete #youarebuddha #zmseungsahn #kwanumzen
Zen teaching is always encouraging us to let go, to open, to present ourselves, to expose ourselves, to disclose ourselves. There are two aspects of the disclose-yourself Zen practice. One is to disclose yourself in front of yourself; let yourself see your guts and your — the whole business. That is why, for example, when we sit meditation the instructions are always, Don’t push anything away. Just be with each thing, become one with every thing as it unfolds, but do not cling to it, do not hold it. Let it come and let it go, just as a mirror lets red and white come and go. Disclose yourself to yourself. The second aspect is to disclose yourself to the other person. Be open; do not hold back. You see that emphasized in formal Zen training during the interview between teacher and student. Sometimes the student will come in and present an answer to a kong-an, but the teacher will say, “Even if that answer were correct, it is not correct.” That means you have not completely presented yourself as that answer. Or the teacher might say, “I can’t believe that, even if it is correct.” Other times the teacher will say to the student, “If only you believed that!” This is an encouragement to disclose yourself, to expose yourself, to reveal yourself, and do not hold back.—Zen Master Wu Kwang (Photo by Sven Mahr.) #zen #beopen #becomeone #meditation #koan #kwanumzen
"That's what I always like about Zen..." Quote by Zen Master Dae Kwang. #zen #meditation #wakeup #moment #justnow #kwanumzen
"In Mahayana practice, my precepts and my practice are not for me: they are only for all beings. So I keep these precepts not for myself, but to help other beings. This means that sometimes, in some situations, breaking the precepts can help others much better than holding the precepts. If you mind is clear, then keeping the precepts is correct practice and breaking the precepts is also correct practice. The most important point is, why do you do it? Is it only for you, or for all beings?"—Zen Master Seung Sahn (Photo by Sven Mahr.) #zen #buddhism #mahayana #forallbeings #precepts #clearmind #zmseungsahn #kwanumzen
Zen Master Seung Sahn (right) and Zen Master Dae Kwan (left), Shin Won Sa temple, Korea, 1991. #throwbackthursday #zmseungsahn #kwanumzen

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