Dharma Talk with Dan Dill at Providence Winter Kyol Che
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Dec 1 00
Inka Speech
Raises Zen stick over head, then hits table with stick.
Sound is silence. Silence is sound.
Raises Zen stick over head, then hits table with stick.
No sound, no silence.
Raises Zen stick over head, then hits table with stick.
Sound is sound. Silence is silence. What is original sound?…
Read More...Feb 6 00
Inka Speech
On February 6, 2000, Roland Woehrle-Chon received inka from Zen Master Wu Bong at Berlin Zen Center.
[Raises Zen stick over head, then hits table with stick.]
In the 30th case of the Mu Mun Kwan, the famous Zen Master Matsu is asked: “What is Buddha?” He answers: “Mind is …
Read More...Oct 1 99
The Birth of Zen
Excerpted from a workshop at the 5th Whole World is a Single Flower Conference held at Providence Zen Center in October 1999.
One day, 2500 years ago, the Buddha sat on the peak of Vulture Mountain with a vast assembly of more than 1200 monks who were waiting for Buddha …
Read More...Dec 1 98
Trusting In Mind
A New Translation of the Hsin Hsin Ming, the classic poem by the Third Patriarch of Zen, Seng T’san
Zen Master Hae Kwang
The Great Way is not difficult,
Just don’t pick and choose.
If you cut off all likes or dislikes
Everything is clear like space.
Make the slightest …
Read More...Aug 6 98
Inka Speech
On August 6, 1998, Andrzej Stec JDPSN received inka from Zen Master Seung Sahn at the Seoul International Zen Center.
[Raises Zen stick over head, then hits table with stick.]
Dead words are live words, live words are dead words.
[Raises Zen stick over head, then hits table with stick.]…
Read More...Sep 1 93
Finding Your Compassion
From a talk at Providence Zen Center on Buddha’s Enlightenment Day, 1991
Throughout the ages people have written commentaries on the Buddha’s enlightenment using many different perspectives. But from the point of view of history, the Buddha’s enlightenment is not very interesting. Nor is it very interesting from the …
Read More...Mar 1 88
A Kong-An is Nothing Other than the Present Moment
The function of a kong-an is to spark a question, to give rise to that which in the Zen tradition has been called the Great Question. When the mind “questions,” it awakens and opens. This moment of questioning, however fleeting it is, is a manifestation of a pure and unconditioned… Read More...
Dec 1 84
The Bodhisattva Ideal
A talk given during the winter 1982 Kyol Che intensive meditation retreat at Providence Zen Center.
People often ask me what does the Bodhisattva vow – to save all people from suffering – really mean? A student said to me last week, “I really want to practice and help people. …
Read More...Dec 9 78
Kill Your Eyes
Bobby Rhodes, JDPSN, (now Zen Master Soeng Hyang) gave this formal Dharma Speech at the Buddha’s Enlightenment Ceremony at the Providence Zen Center on December 9th, 1978.
(Holding up the Zen stick.) Do you see?
(Hitting the table.) Do you hear?
If you say you see and hear, you lose …
Read More...Jul 1 75
The Whole Universe is Plastic
One Sunday, while Seung Sahn Soen-sa was staying at the International Zen Center of New York, there was a big ceremony marking the end of one hundred days of chanting Kwanseum Bosal. Many Korean women came, with shopping bags full of food and presents. One woman brought a large bouquet …
Read More...May 18 75
The True Buddha
A Dharma Speech given by Seung Sahn Soen-sa at the International Zen Center of New York on Buddha’s birthday, May 18, 1975
(Holding up the Zen stick and hitting the table)
An eminent teacher said, “Before Buddha was born and came to the Kapila Empire, he had already saved …
Read More...Apr 1 75
One morning after chanting at the Providence Zen Center, Seung Sahn Soen Sa gave a Dharma talk, and afterwards one student asked, “What is Buddha?”
Seung Sahn Soen Sa said, “The walls are white. The rug is blue.”
“I don’t understand,” said the student.
Seung Sahn Soen Sa hit him …
Read More...Jan 1 75
Who is it that Sees these Leaves?
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 …
Read More...Jun 1 74
The Great Way is in Front of the Door
On June 16, 1974 we held an opening ceremony for our new home. On this occasion Zen Master Seung Sahn delivered the following Dharma message:
(Striking the table) Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
(Striking the table) No form, no emptiness.
(Striking the table) Form is form, emptiness is emptiness. …
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