Sep 1 00
by Merrie Fraser JDPSN
[Raises Zen stick over head, then hits table with stick.]
Don’t know mind is compassion mind, compassion mind is don’t know mind.
[Raises Zen stick over head, then hits table with stick.]
No don’t know mind, no compassion mind.
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Don’t …
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Jun 1 99
by Zen Master Seung Sahn
Three men are walking. The first man makes a sword sound, the second man waves his hands, and the third man picks up a handkerchief.
1. If you were there, what would be your correct function?
2. What is the relationship?
3. And lastly, what is the situation?
Commentary: …
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Mar 1 99
by Dae Won Sunim JDPS [Raises Zen stick over head, then hits table with stick.]
The whole world is suffering. Sickness and death everywhere. For what purpose do we come into this world? Only to suffer?
[Raises Zen stick over head, then hits table with stick.]
No world, no coming, no going, no suffering, no …
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Jan 1 75
by Zen Master Seung Sahn
A Student wrote to Zen Master Seung Sahn:
In the Fall, there are leaves on the ground. If they are on a lawn, someone may come out of a house and sweep them into little piles. In the afternoon the wind comes and blows all the leaves away. Many …
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