Teachings

True form is without thinking.
Truth is unmoving.

Understanding is not good or bad. But what are you?

How did Buddhism start? It started when Buddha looked around and said “Whoa! Everybody’s suffering. What’s this suffering about, how can I end this suffering?”

And when we practice hard we heat up our hearts making a big hot flame which melts our condition, situation, and opinion until we become like molten metal, ready to assume the shape of a ...

A long time ago I heard from Zen Master Seung Sahn: "One after another, each thing has it. One after another, each thing is complete."

Sometimes we look at our path like it is one line, and we hope that going on this path just means getting better, being more happy, having more joy, having a more successful life.

But that has never been my experience.

What are you doing in this world? What is the direction of your life? What is the purpose of your life? Is it only for you?

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.

What's happening right now?

It’s possible to actually see what’s happening in this very moment.
If we can see it clearly, it’s possible ti respond to it clearly.
But if we cannot see it clearly, we’ll never be able to respond to it clearly.

If you see that, then you will never attach to these things.

Taoist chanting, Confucian chanting, Christian chanting, Buddhist chanting: it doesn't matter.