The True Coronavirus, True Cancer
[ Written in February 2020, at the very beginning of the coronavirus epidemic.] Today, February 5, is International Cancer Day. My Mother passed away from
October 4, 2020
Tag: Zen Master Seung Sahn
No Peace of Mind at All
Dae Soen Sa Nim (Zen Master Seung Sahn) used to say very much the same thing: “If you have mind, then have a problem. Have
October 4, 2020
Don’t. Make. Anything.
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
August 24, 2020
The Great Work of Life and Death
by Zen Master Seung Sahn (1927-2004) In the great work of life and death, time will not wait for you.If you die tomorrow, what kind
July 15, 2020
A Zen Poem by Zen Master Seung Sahn
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
May 20, 2020
Zen Master Seung Sahn: In His Own Words [video]
Here is a video of Dae Soen Sa Nim giving a TV interview in Korea, recorded in 1997 — seven years before his death. In
May 18, 2020
Messenger Teaching
A Facebook Messenger exchange I had with someone I never met, back in 2017. Reading more books just to learn the Dharma is just delaying
January 4, 2020
Korean Samantabhadra: Bodhisattva of Great Action
This person. This Being, this unfathomable bodhisattva, this strange force of utterly selfless just-do-it nature justly loved and respected by so many who have been
November 26, 2019
Life of the Monk in the Digital Age
Trying to be a full-time practicing monk, in the city, and making the practice available to people in an urban Zen center — it’s some serious jujitsu. Those figures in white aren’t “people” one contends with, but the administrative demands of carrying out these teachings in the digital age. They’re emails, man!
November 25, 2019
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