Attachment = Suffering

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Everything Becomes Buddha

From a Dharma talk given during the Summer Kyol Che at Warsaw Zen Center.
As you just heard, my name is Muchak. When I got five precepts, I received this name Muchak, which means mu, “no”, chak, “attachment”. I was very proud of my name. At that time I checked …

Dharma Talk with Kwan Sahn Sunim at Providence Summer Kyol Che

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Dharma Talk with Dan Dill at Providence Winter Kyol Che

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Dharma Talk with Jiri Hazlbauer at Providence Zen Center

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Providence Zen Center, Platform Sutra Class Part 1

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Psychotherapy and Zen

This is the workshop on Zen and psychotherapy. First of all, be aware that this is about Zen and psychotherapy, it’s not about Zen and psychology. There is …

This Trivial Tail

Oh Jo said, “It’s like a water buffalo passing through a window. Its head, horns, and four legs have already passed through. Why is it that its tail cannot?”

Commentary:
If it passes through, it falls into a ditch;
If it turns back, it is destroyed.
This trivial tail,
Just …

Transmission Speech

Everything is always coming and going; going and coming. That is the first teaching of the Buddha. But the true meaning of this teaching cuts off the tongue of the Buddha. In the end even the five schools of Zen disappear. So, …

Only Teaching Words

“If you attain Enlightenment, one thousand things, ten thousand things become one; if you attain Enlightenment, one thousand things, ten thousand things each become clear. Which statement is correct?”

A student said, “They …

During the January Yong Maeng Jon Jin, Seung Sahn Soen-sa went for a walk with some of his students. It had been snowing the day before. Soen-sa asked one student, “What color is this snow?”

The student said, “White.”

Soen-sa said, ”You have an attachment to color.”

The student clapped …