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Zen Master Seung Sahn’s Great Dharani Practice (1)
September 6, 2020
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
Don’t. Make. Anything.
August 24, 2020
Dae Soen Sa Nim used to often say, “Don’t make anything!“ It took years and years for the full depth and dimension of this to really sink in. The activity
Mantra-Walking on the Danube
August 19, 2020
Sometimes people want to add mantra to their everyday practice. You get asked about mantras and how to do them. Some people come from traditions where the mantra is supposed
No “Safe Spaces,” No “Trigger Warnings,” and “Micro-Aggressions” Abound
August 10, 2020
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
A Zen Poem by Zen Master Seung Sahn
May 20, 2020
A Zen poem is not merely an aesthetic exercise. It is not an expression of “art,” design, or thinking. A Zen poem is a teaching tool: it begins in opposites’-world
Zen Master Seung Sahn: In His Own Words
May 18, 2020
Here is a video of Dae Soen Sa Nim giving a TV interview in Korea, recorded in 1997 — seven years before his death. In his own words, without the
