Zen: Fleshy Affairs & The Truth
Zen Master Pohwa Sunim discusses living authentically from one’s center.
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Zen & The Secrets of the Koan
Enlightenment is easy. Re-examination is the difficult part.
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The Secrets of Zen
Apple is Apple. Orange is Orange. Not the same. Not different.
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Zen & Re-Examined Life
Enlightenment is easy. Re-examination is the difficult part.
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Sound And Color
A student came to the Great Venerable Chan Master Pop-An (Fa-Yen 885-958) and asked: “How should I understand sound and color? ” Venerable Master Pop-An said:“Here, good Monk, why dont you introspect upon yourself who is asking now? “Later, Chan Master Ja-Soo sang a Gatha for this:“Sound and color are merely two words;The monk didnt
Brighten Eye By Re-Examination
Master Song-Wol said: “Hundreds of years ago when the Temple of Patriarch Paik-Chang (Pai-Chang 720-814) held the Transforming Ceremony for the deceased, Master Paik-Chang always recommended that the following Gatha(Poem) be recited for the deceased:“Divine light shines of itselfFar away from dust and its origin:Whole essence manifests by itselfWithout depending upon any utterance.The true Self-nature
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Dok-San’s Bowl
One day Chan Master Dok-San (Te-Shan Hsuan-Chen: 781-867) was on the way to the eating room and met Sul-Bong (Hsueh-Feng: 822-908), who was in charge of the kitchen.Sul-Bong asked:“The bell and drum have not yet been hit, where are you going? “As soon as Master Dok-San heard this question, he returned to his room. Sul-Bong
Four-Line Verse In Diamond Sutra
“Whatever has a form,As a whole, is all illusory.If you see all form as no-form,Directly you see the Tathagata (Buddha-as-it-is).That one raises a sincere faith on the Four-Line Verse in Diamond Sutra is not just a formal request for belief. If one could discern a core word out of this four-line verse, he would be
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