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Irrepressible Stories of the Nuns of Mount Jiri
I learned to Laugh
By Ven. Cheonjin
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17 Jun 2011 |
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"Beginning with the belief that you can do it is i…
The reason we practice Seon and attend Buddhist services is to improve the quality of our lives. We generally begin this task by placing money as the prerequisite for a higher quality of life.
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27 Nov 2006 |
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[Review] Finding a Joyful life in the Heart of Pai…
In Finding a Joyful Life in the Heart of Pain, Darlene Cohen, a Zen priest and meditation teacher, who has suffered from rheumatoid arthritis for twenty-three years shows us how to deal with chronic pain.
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13 Sep 2006 |
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Restlessness
At a red light. At a bus stop. In line at the store. While someone fills the tank with gas. Walking to class. What do these moments have in common? They are all moments in which we find ourselves waiting, a dead space, a moment of no purposeful activity,
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07 Sep 2006 |
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Meeting a Beautiful Person
It makes you happy to meet a beautiful person. A person who can meet nice people every day is fortunate. In life, you soon realize that it’s not easy to meet nice people. In fact it is quite difficult. As a matter of fact, we tend to meet people we dislik
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12 May 2006 |
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The Artistry of Every Day Life
As a human being it is essential for us to create not out of duty but out of inspiration and joy. This brings something different in us, a dimension of imagination, intuition and creation that nurtures us and invigorates us. A few years ago, I was feeling
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09 Mar 2006 |
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Irrepressible Stories of the Nuns of Mount Jiri
Vegetarian Cats
By Ven. Cheonjin
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16 Jun 2011 |
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A farewell is a beautiful teaching
Rain is falling, and with it autumn leaves, indicating that winter is soon at hand. The rain falls at Sudeoksa Temple, deep in the mountains, on the funeral of an old Seon Master. One after another, the rains fall in sheets, like a summer monsoon, and eve
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17 Aug 2006 |
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Buddha’s Large Head and Bodhisattva’s Short Legs
Buddha’s Large Head and Bodhisattva’s Short Legs
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13 Oct 2011 |
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The sound of rain
The rain comes down in sheets. The sound of the rain drifts in through the open window. Like a lonely song, the echoes of the pattering raindrops lingers on. Where am I going? Isn’t it a lonely road I’m treading alone? Listening to the sound of th
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25 Oct 2006 |
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Contemplation of Sutra in the Seon School
During Ven. Jiyul’s hunger strike, for the first time in years I had the chance to recite the Diamond Sutra communally. On the second floor of the Hall of Paradise at Jogyesa, the Union of Religious Leaders held a separate one-week hunger strike, while su
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10 Aug 2006 |
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Irrepressible Stories of the Nuns of Mount Jiri
The Lotus that blossomed on a Chinese Quince Tree
By Ven. Cheonjin
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16 Jun 2011 |
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A Solution
A Solution by Essayist Yi, Young-il
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08 Oct 2015 |
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Why Practice Buddhism?
I have news for you young people: something bad will happen to you in your lifetime. It could be anything—a breakup, a loved one dying, a car accident—but for sure, something really awful will come your way, if it hasn’t already. That
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17 Oct 2006 |
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Irrepressible Stories of the Nuns of Mount Jiri
Mouse Food Story
By Ven. Cheonjin
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07 Apr 2011 |
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