Zen Master Seung Sahn’s Great Dharani Practice (1)
A fascinating snippet about Dae Soen Sa Nim’s (Zen Master Seung Sahn) personal practice in the midst of his busy, daily life, as told by the Kwan Um School of
A fascinating snippet about Dae Soen Sa Nim’s (Zen Master Seung Sahn) personal practice in the midst of his busy, daily life, as told by the Kwan Um School of
Ouch! Sudden enlightenment, gradual cultivation. Ouch! Ouch!! From The Diamond Sutra: SECTION III.THE REAL TEACHING OF THE GREAT WAY Buddha said: Subhuti, all the Bodhisattva-Heroes should discipline their thoughts as
Question: Good morning, Shifu. I would like to know, is there really a God that created us? Thank you. Reply: No. Now, go look into your True Nature. Here is
The way that Dae Soen Sa Nim used to teach would simply be impossible today. He was so direct, so striking, so cutting straight down to the point — I
One of the Zen adepts I respect with greatest ardor is great Mazu Daoyi (709–788 C.E.) [Korean: Master Ma Jo; Jap.: Ma-tsu Tao-yi]. He was known for his shocking teaching
A prominent Zen monk once wrote to me after describing a conflict with one of his most senior students, “We who teach Zen have the daily privilege to bring an
This is just a regular daily lunch in the Zen Center Regensburg today with the meditation family (a Bavarian-German, Korean-Korean, Palestinian-German, Cretan-Greek, and an Irish-Germanic American gathering), as we slowly