dharma talk

Dharma Talk by Z.M. Pohwa at World Culture Open,George Washington University 6-1-2003 My body can not talk the Dhrama. Your body can not listen to the Dharma. Then, what is talking and listening to the Dharma? Where the old monkey whistles, there is wall after wall. Tak! (The sound of bamboo stick) This whole world […]

The Buddha’s Birthday — why is it special? Two thousand five hundred and forty-four years ago, when the World-Honored One was born in India, he looked around, walked seven steps in four directions, and pointing one finger to heaven and one to Earth, he roared out, “Above Heaven and below Heaven; only I am the

After the beginning, everything became a mess.Buddha and sentient beings wrestled in the mud.God and sinners were all mixed up. So, I am notasking about ‘after the beginning.’ Tell me somethingabout ‘before the beginning.’ When nobody answered, Sunim replied:Before the donkey was finished, the horse arrived. When there is beginning,There is no ending.When there is

The human mind is composed of many things at once. But to reach a decision, human thought approaches a oneness. And the origin of religion is in that oneness. Truth is One Thing by its very nature. In this connection, a person can realize that it is also oneness to gain enlightenment or to fail