Bodhisattva Way
[Raises the Zen stick over his head, then hits the table with the stick.] Every morning before bowing, we recite four great vows, the first of which is: Sentient beings are numberless, I vow to save...
View ArticleThe Moment I Became a Monk
Excerpt from an interview with Korean Buddhist Television (Bulgyo TV): [I met Zen Master Seung Sahn] during my college years. I majored in chemistry and had an objective mindset. So I asked Zen Master...
View ArticleThe True Spirit of Zen
The celebration of the Kwan Yin Chan Lin Zen building inauguration and the 22nd anniversary is an auspicious event for the Singaporean sangha and all people. From the simple, humble beginnings of the...
View ArticleUn Mun’s Body Exposed in the Golden Wind
Mu Sang Sa Temple, Summer 2013 A monk once asked Zen Master Un Mun, “How is it when the tree withers and the leaves fall?” Un Mun replied, “Body exposed in the Golden Wind.” Here we have the great...
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[Raise the Zen stick over her head, then hits the table with the stick.] Zen is Sutra. Sutra is Zen. [Raise the Zen stick over her head, then hits the table with the stick.] No Zen. No Sutra. [Raise...
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[Raises the Zen stick over his head, then hits the table with the stick.] Mind is Buddha, Buddha is Mind. [Raises the Zen stick over his head, then hits the table with the stick.] No Mind, no Buddha....
View ArticleTransmission Speech by Zen Master Joeng Hye
March 19, 2016 at Wu Bong Sa Temple, Poland [Raises the Zen stick over his head, then hits the table with the stick.] Before you make a single step, you have already arrived. [Raises the Zen stick over...
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March 20, 2016 at Wu Bong Sa Temple, Poland [Raises the Zen stick over his head, then hits the table with the stick.] A good situation is a bad situation; a bad situation is a good situation. [Raises...
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March 20, 2016 at Wu Bong Sa Temple, Poland [Raises the Zen stick over his head, then hits the table with the stick.] Holding is putting down. Putting down is holding. Who is it that is trying to put...
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March 20, 2016 at Wu Bong Sa Temple, Poland [Raises the Zen stick over his head, then hits the table with the stick.] Life is death; death is life. [Raises the Zen stick over his head, then hits the...
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April 24, 2016 at Mu Sang Sa Temple, Korea [Raises the Zen stick over her head, then hits the table with the stick.] Cause is result. Result is cause. [Raises the Zen stick over her head, then hits the...
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April 28, 2016 at Su Bong Zen Monastery, Hong Kong [Raises the Zen stick over her head, then hits the table with the stick.] In opposites you can find your true self. And your true self includes all...
View ArticleI Don’t Know What You Are Doing, but Stop It!
Talk given by Zen Master Soeng Hyang (Barbara Rhodes) during a seven-day Yong Maeng Jong Jin at the Providence Zen Center in December 2015 Question: Do you think that dying could be even harder when...
View ArticleHermitage of the Five-Year-Old
By Zen Master Su Bong Each moment is preparation for the next moment. Every moment in our life this universe is telling us what to do. This red man on the stop light said, “Don’t walk.” Then the green...
View ArticleSouth Florida Zen Group Fifteenth Anniversary Poem
By Ken Kessel JDPSN Host and guest Breathe the same air Walk the same earth In their own shoes One size fits one No size fits all Originally no movement Inside, everyone Wiggles their own toes In...
View ArticleFinding the One Thing
Four Short Teachings by Zen Master Dae Kwan The Meaning of Precepts Sifu was in Warsaw for Zen Master Wu Bong’s 49th Day Ceremony. After the ceremony, the European sangha went out to eat. Sifu was...
View ArticleZen Mind
Zen Master Dae Kwang The monk Damei Fachang once asked Mazu Daoyi, “What is Buddha?” Mazu replied, “Mind is Buddha.” Zen mind is just another name for our original Buddha nature. Buddha nature has...
View ArticleIf the Ancient Barbarian Could Do It, So Can You—Letter to a Student
By Ken Kessel JDPSN Thanks for your letter. Your strong intention to practice is marked with despair at the persistent habits that reflect and cause discomfort. Intentional practice makes anchor...
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Closing the Gap between Yoga and Zen
By Zen Master Hae Kwang (Stan Lombardo) There doesn’t seem to be much in common these days between yoga and Buddhist meditation practice. Buddhist meditators tend to regard yoga as a system of...
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By Andrzej Stec JDPSN Excerpt from Q & A at Kwan Um Daejeon Zen Group July, 2016 Question: There’s one word in this life that has been helping me but at the same time also giving me suffering....
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