You mustn’t worry about how your practice is, whether you are making progress or not, whether you are in anguish or not.
Completely free means freedom from life and death.
If life and death are no hindrance for you, then complete freedom is possible.
What is the true potential of a human being?
What is the deeper purpose of this form of existence?
Beyond life, beyond death,
which way should I go?
Out of reach, impossible to catch,
yet somehow it always catches up with me. There’s no escaping it. :)
What is this: being human? We all say: “I”. But do we understand this I? In nature, everything and anything has its job. The tiger, the snake, the flower… everyone understands his job.
Only the human seems not to know why he came into this world.
A film from the Kwan Um School of Zen, provided with Hungarian subtitles by the Hungarian community.
The original is on the Kwan Um School of Zen Europe channel:
The original is on the Kwan Um School of Zen Europe channel:
The original is on the Kwan Um School of Zen Europe channel:
In Mahayana practice, my precepts and my practice are not for me: they are only for all beings.
So I keep these precepts not for myself, but to help other beings.
You are warmly invited to our next weekend of Zen practice in Etyek, led by Zen Master Ji Kwang.
This weekend offers an opportunity to return to a clear awareness of the present moment through practising together.
What is the meaning of Sangha, the treasure of Sangha?
Sangha is the ethical side of our life, which means having "correct life."
Correct life comes from your will, from your center.
Many people like to go to fortune tellers because they want to understand their fate, their future or their past. But fortune telling is not difficult. All of you can understand your past and your future.
As we practice, this "for you" mind slowly becomes ours. It is the beginning and the end of the teaching.